Probably a climber. Branchlets weakly angled, sparsely lenticellate, glabrous or sparsely and minutely puberulent. Leaves in whorls of 3; petiole 0.6-1.2 cm long, glabrous; blade coriaceous, elliptic, 4-12 by 1-4.4 cm, 2-5 times as long as wide, apex acute to shortly acuminate, base cuneate, margin weakly undulate, dark green and dull above, yellowish green beneath, glabrous beneath, glabrous or puberulent only on midrib above, not punctate beneath, secondary veins 26-46 pairs, 75-80° from midrib. Inflorescence axillary, with 1 or 2 internodes and unbranched side branches, robust, glabrous, 2-3 cm long; peduncle 0.8-0.9 cm by 1.8 mm; bracts persistent, deltoid, 2.6-3.2 by 2-2.4 mm; bracteoles absent; flowers c. 7; pedicels 1.6-2.5 mm long. Sepals fleshy, fused into a 2-lipped tube, 2.2-2.6 mm long, not ciliate, glabrous. Corolla bud head c. 3.8 mm long which is 0.34 of bud length, ovate, apex acute or acuminate; tube cylindrical, 7-7.5 by 1.6 mm, 3.2 times as long as calyx, 2.1-2.7 times as long as lobes, glabrous outside, pubescent in a band below the stamens inside; lobes orbicular, base auriculate, apex rounded, 2.6-3.5 by 2.2 mm, 1.2 times as long as wide, glabrous outside, glabrous or pubescent at base of lobes inside, not ciliate. Stamens inserted at 3.5-4.5 mm from corolla base which is 0.56-0.6 of tube length; filaments 0.7-0.8 mm long; anther apex 1 mm from corolla mouth, anthers c. 1.3 by 0.5 mm. Ovaries c. 0.8 mm high, densely pubescent all over; style c. 2.4 mm long; style head c. 0.8 mm long. Fruit stalks 2-2.7 mm long, 1 or 2 articles in each string, 0.8-1.7 mm between articles, with thin flesh, 10.4-19.5 by 7.5-12.5 mm, ellipsoid or cylindrical. Seeds c. 9.2 by 6.3 by 5.8 mm.
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