Climber. Bark grey. Branchlets weakly angled, sparsely lenticellate or not, glabrous to sparsely and minutely puberulent, sometimes glabrescent. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3 or 4, never all opposite on a branch; petiole 0.1-1 cm long, glabrous or pubescent; blade coriaceous or subcoriaceous, elliptic, 2.7-13.5 by 0.4-3 cm, 2.3-7 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, base acute to decurrent onto petiole, margin weakly or strongly undulate, glabrous beneath and above, secondary veins 19-80 pairs, 65-85° from midrib. Inflorescence axillary or terminal, a simple unbranched pleiochasium or with few internodes and unbranched side branches, delicate, sparsely to densely puberulent all over, 1-2.2 cm long; peduncle 0.5-4.5 cm by 0.5-0.8 mm; bracts persistent, deltoid or narrowly ovate, 1.3-3.5 by 0.8-1.2 mm; bracteoles absent or only on pedicel of terminal flower; flowers 4-7; pedicels 1.8-4.3 mm long. Sepals ovate, occasionally with sepals irregularly fused giving the appearance of fewer sepals, 1.2-1.8 by 0.8-1.1 mm, 1.4-1.6 times as long as wide, apex acute or acuminate, ciliate, glabrous or sparsely to densely puberulent, sometimes only on centre line. Corolla tube yellowish, lobes white; bud head 2.2-2.6 mm long which is 0.37-0.4 of bud length, narrowly ovate, apex acuminate; tube cylindrical or slightly inflated, 4.2-4.9 by 1.3-1.5 mm, 2.4-3.6 times as long as sepals, 0.5-2.1 times as long as lobes, glabrous outside, pubescent in upper part, sometimes almost to base, or only in a band beneath the stamens inside; lobes elliptic or ovate, 2.1-2.4 by 1.2-1.6 mm, 1.4-1.9 times as long as wide, apex obtuse or acute, base auriculate, glabrous outside, glabrous or pubescent at base of lobes inside, not ciliate. Stamens inserted at 2.4-3.1 mm from corolla base which is 0.56-0.61 of tube length; filaments 0.4-0.7 mm long; anther apex 0.4-0.8 mm from corolla mouth, anthers 0.9-1.1 by 0.4 mm. Ovaries 0.7-0.8 mm high, densely pubescent all over; style 1.7-1.9 mm long; style head 0.3-0.4 mm long, pubescent. Fruit orange, turning black when mature, stalks 2.3-3.2 mm long, with 1 article, glabrous, articles with thin flesh, 9.3-14.5 by 7-10 mm, ellipsoid, globose or cylindrical, rounded at apex. Seeds 7.5-9.3 by 6.1-6.4 by 5.3-5.4 mm.
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