Climber. Branchlets weakly angled, sparsely lenticellate or not, glabrous. Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4; petiole 0.2-1.2 cm long, glabrous; blade coriaceous or subcoriaceous, elliptic, 2.2-15 by 0.6-5.4 cm, 2.3-3.8 times as long as wide, apex short to long acuminate, acumen obtuse, base acute or cuneate, margin weakly undulate, glabrous beneath and above, secondary veins 27-58 pairs, 65-80° from midrib. Inflorescence axillary, a compound pleiochasium with clear internodes or with several clear internodes and unbranched side branches, delicate, sparsely to densely short puberulent, 1.1-2.7 cm long; peduncle 0.3-0.9 cm by 1-1.3 mm; bracts persistent, ovate or narrowly ovate, 1.4-2.9 by 0.8-1.4 mm; bracteoles absent; flowers 7-11, reported as being unpleasant in smell, sometimes 4-merous but always also with 5-merous flowers in same inflorescences; pedicels 0.6-2 mm long. Sepals fused into a 2-lipped tube or partial tube, 1.9-2 mm long, ciliate, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. Corolla white or tube yellowish, lobes white; bud head 1.5-2.4 mm long which is 0.35-0.44 of bud length, ellipsoid or ovate, apex acute; tube cylindrical, 2.8-3 by 1.1-1.4 mm, 1.5 times as long as sepals, 1.1-1.6 times as long as lobes, glabrous or sparsely puberulent around top of tube outside, glabrous or pubescent only around stamens inside; lobes elliptic or orbicular, apex rounded or obtuse, base auriculate, 1.8-2.8 by 1.2-2 mm, 0.9-1.6 times as long as wide, glabrous or sparsely puberulent outside, glabrous or pubescent at base of lobes inside, not ciliate. Stamens inserted at 1.9-2.1 mm from corolla base which is 0.57-0.63 of tube length; filaments 0.4-0.6 mm long; anther apex 0.3-0.5 mm from corolla mouth, anthers c. 0.7 by 0.3 mm. Ovaries 0.5-0.8 mm high, densely pubescent all over; style 1-1.5 mm long; style head 0.4-0.5 mm long. Fruit with 1 article, glabrous, articles with thin flesh, 24.5-27 by 14-16 mm, ellipsoid, symmetrical, apex obtuse. Seeds elliptic, c. 21.5 by 12 by 10 mm.
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