Climber. Branchlets weakly angled, sparsely lenticellate, glabrous. Leaves in whorls of 3; petiole 0.2-0.3 cm long, glabrous; blade coriaceous or subcoriaceous, narrowly elliptic or elliptic, 2.7-7.7 by 0.3-1.8 cm, 3.7-7.8 times as long as wide, apex long acuminate to caudate, acumen obtuse, base cuneate, glabrous beneath and above, not punctate beneath, secondary veins indistinct above, obscure or weakly visible beneath. Inflorescence axillary, a compound pleiochasium with clear internodes, delicate, sparsely puberulent, 2-2.5 cm long; peduncle 1.1-1.4 cm by 0.6-0.7 mm; bracts caducous; bracteoles absent; flowers 7-10; pedicels 1.6-2.2 mm long. Sepals ovate, c. 0.9 by 0.5 mm, 1.8 times as long as wide, apex obtuse, ciliate, glabrous or sparsely puberulent on centre line. Corolla bud head c. 1 mm long which is 0.32 of bud length, ellipsoid, apex obtuse; tube slightly inflated, c. 2.2 by 1 mm, 2.4 times as long as sepals, 2.4 times as long as lobes, glabrous outside, sparsely pubescent around stamens and more densely in a band beneath them inside; lobes ovate, c. 0.9 by 0.7 mm, 1.3 times as long as wide, apex rounded, base auriculate, glabrous outside and inside, not ciliate. Stamens inserted at c. 1.2 mm from corolla base which is 0.55 of tube length; filaments c. 0.4 mm long; anther apex c. 0.2 mm from corolla mouth, anthers c. 0.6 by 0.3 mm. Ovaries c. 0.8 mm high, pubescent in tuft between carpels; style c. 0.8 mm long; style head c. 0.3 mm long. Fruit black, stalks 1.2-1.6 mm long, with 1 or 2 articles in each string, c. 1 mm between articles, glabrous, articles 8-10 by 7-7.9 mm, globose, symmetrical, apex rounded. Seeds 6.7 mm long.
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