Climber. Branchlets weakly angled, not lenticellate, sparsely to densely puberulent, hispid or tomentose. Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4; petiole 0.3-1.5 cm long, pubescent; blade coriaceous, elliptic, obovate or spathulate, 3-12.8 by 1-5.7 cm, 1.8-4 times as long as wide, apex emarginate to acuminate or apiculate, base obtuse to decurrent onto petiole, margin weakly to strongly revolute, undulate or not, sparsely puberulent only on midrib, puberulent all over or tomentose beneath, puberulent on midrib only or all over above, secondary veins 12-37 pairs, 70-85° from midrib. Inflorescence axillary or terminal, a compound pleiochasium with clear internodes or with 1 or 2 internodes and unbranched side branches, densely puberulent, tomentose or hispid, 1.4-6 cm long; peduncle 0.3-4 cm by 1.1-3.8 mm; bracts caducous or persistent, deltoid or narrowly ovate, 2.5-6 by 1.6-2.4 mm; bracteoles immediately beneath calyx or on pedicels; flowers 5-15; sessile or with pedicels up to 1.5 mm long. Sepals linear to ovate, 1.8-3.2 by 0.9-1.8 mm, 1.6-2.7 times as long as wide, apex acute, ciliate, densely puberulent. Corolla white or cream; bud head 2.3-3.9 mm long which is 0.22-0.37 of bud length, ovate or deltoid, apex obtuse or acute; tube cylindrical, 6.8-8.6 by 1.8-2.3 mm, 2.7-3.9 times as long as sepals, 2.4-2.8 times as long as lobes, densely to sparsely puberulent, rarely only papillate, outside, sparsely pubescent around stamens and more densely in a band beneath them inside; lobes elliptic, ciliate, ovate or orbicular, base auriculate, 2.5-3.5 by 1.7-2.2 mm, 1.3-1.9 times as long as wide, apex obtuse, glabrous, sparsely or densely puberulent outside, glabrous or pubescent at base of lobes inside. Stamens inserted at 6-7.5 mm from corolla base which is 0.72-0.8 of tube length; filaments 0.6-0.7 mm long; anther apex 0.4-0.6 mm from corolla mouth, anthers 1.2-1.4 by 0.4-0.5 mm. Ovaries 0.5-0.8 mm high, densely pubescent all over; style 6-6.8 mm long; style head 0.6-0.7 mm long. Fruit with 1 or 2 articles in each string and then close together, stalks 2.9-8.2 mm long; articles with thin flesh, 6.4-13.4 by 5.7-8 mm, ellipsoid or globose, apex rounded to acuminate, black or purple, sparsely puberulent at ends or all over. Seeds 7.1-9.5 by 4.8-6.8 by 4.8-6.3 mm.
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