Climber. Branchlets weakly angled, sparsely lenticellate, glabrous. Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4; petiole 0.8-1.3 cm long, glabrous; blade coriaceous or thickly coriaceous, elliptic or obovate, 4.3-14 by 1.8-7.4 cm, 1.5-3.6 times as long as wide, apex short or long acuminate, acumen obtuse, not mucronate, base acute to cuneate, margin flat or weakly undulate, glabrous beneath, not punctate, glabrous above, secondary veins 35-70 pairs, 70-80° from midrib. Inflorescence axillary, a simple unbranched pleiochasium, robust, glabrous to sparsely or densely puberulent all over, 1.7-2.4 cm long; peduncle 0.2-2.2 cm by 1.3-2.8 mm; bracts persistent, deltoid, 1.4-2.6 by 1.4-2 mm; bracteoles absent; flowers 4; pedicels 1.2-1.8 mm long. Sepals not fleshy, ovate, 1.5-2.6 by 1-2 mm, 1.1-1.7 times as long as wide, apex obtuse to acute, ciliate, glabrous outside. Corolla white or cream; bud head 3.6-3.8 mm long which is 0.25-0.32 of bud length, ovate, apex acute; tube cylindrical, 8.1-11.2 by 1.6-2.2 mm, 4.3-5.4 times as long as sepals, c. 2.7 times as long as lobes, glabrous outside, pubescent in upper half and around stamens or in a band below the stamens inside; lobes ovate, apex obtuse to acute, base auriculate, c. 3 by 2.7 mm, 1.1 times as long as wide, glabrous outside and inside, not ciliate. Stamens inserted at 6.6-10 mm from corolla base which is 0.82-0.83 of tube length; filaments c. 0.8 mm long; anther apex 0.1-0.4 mm from corolla mouth, anthers 1.1-1.4 by 0.5 mm. Ovaries 0.9-1.1 mm high, densely pubescent all over; style 6-9 mm long; style head c. 0.4 mm long. Fruit black; stalks 1.5-5 mm long; with 1 article; glabrous or sparsely puberulent all over, fleshy or with thin flesh, 16.5-36 by 13-21 mm, ellipsoid, symmetrical, apex rounded to acuminate and hooked. Seeds elliptic, 18.5-22 by 12.5-16 by 11.2-14.5 mm.
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