Climber. Branchlets weakly or strongly angled, sparsely lenticellate or not, glabrous, sparsely puberulent or hispid. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3-6; petiole 0.3-1.3 cm long, glabrous or pubescent; blade coriaceous or subcoriaceous, narrowly to broadly elliptic, ovate, obovate or oblong, 2.5-17 by 1-6.8 cm, 1.4-7.9 times as long as wide, apex rounded to caudate, base obtuse to cuneate, margin weakly to strongly inrolled or flat, weakly undulate, glabrous, sparsely puberulent only on midrib or puberulent all over beneath, glabrous, puberulent only on midrib or all over above, not punctate beneath, secondary veins 42-53 pairs, 70-80° from midrib. Inflorescence axillary or terminal, a compound pleiochasium with clear internodes, sometimes congregated together forming lax panicles, or with several clear internodes and unbranched side branches, glabrous or sparsely to densely puberulent all over, 2.5-9 cm long; peduncle 0.6-6.3 cm by 1.1-2.3 mm; bracts caducous or persistent, ovate, deltoid, linear or narrowly ovate, 1.5-14 by 0.8-1.1 mm; bracteoles one on pedicel or absent; flowers 6-15; pedicels 0-8.5 mm long. Sepals not fleshy, linear, ovate or narrowly ovate, 1.8-3.2 by 0.8-1.3 mm, 2-3.2 times as long as wide, apex acute or acuminate, ciliate, sparsely to densely long pubescent or puberulent on tips only. Corolla white or cream; bud head 2.8-3.2 mm long which is 0.26-0.27 of bud length, ovate, apex obtuse or acuminate; tube cylindrical, 8.5-9.1 by 1.7-2.2 mm, 3.4-4.9 times as long as sepals, 2.8-3.4 times as long as lobes, glabrous or very sparsely puberulent around top of tube outside, sparsely pubescent around stamens and more densely in a band beneath them inside; lobes elliptic or orbicular, 2.5-3.4 by 1.7-2.8 mm, 1.2-1.6 times as long as wide, apex rounded or obtuse, base auriculate, glabrous outside and inside, not ciliate or ciliate near tips only. Stamens inserted at 7.5-7.9 mm from corolla base which is 0.77-0.81 of tube length; filaments 0.6-0.8 mm long; anther apex 0.4-0.6 mm from corolla mouth, anthers 1.2-1.4 by 0.5-0.6 mm. Ovaries c. 0.8 mm high, densely pubescent all over; style 6-7 mm long; style head 0.6-0.7 mm long. Fruit black or purple, stalks 6.3-12 mm long, with 1 article, glabrous, articles fleshy, 17-37 by 9-14 mm, ellipsoid, symmetrical, apex rounded to acuminate, often hooked at the top. Seeds 15-22.5 by 10-11.1 by 8-10.2 mm.
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