Rhizome and stipe not known. Lamina at least 70 cm long, bipinnate; rhachis with dense dark brown curved hairs; pinnules narrowly triangular, 2.5–6.5 x 2–4 cm, somewhat hastate at base, stalked (stalks 3–5 mm long), distinctly leathery with shiny surface, with brown hairs on midrib above and scattered dark brown curved hairs on surface beneath. Sorus apparently continuous.

The material on which this taxa has been described is sparse and has a somewhat abnormal look, several of the pinnules being deformed.

coriacea: coriaceous, the lamina is leathery.

Montane heath, 1730m.

See African distribution.

Tanzania .

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