Climber. Branchlets terete, sparsely lenticellate or not, glabrous. Leaves in whorls of 5; petiole 0.3-0.7 cm long, glabrous; blade subcoriaceous, obovate, 4.5-13.1 by 1.8-4.7 cm, 2.1-3.6 times as long as wide, apex shortly acuminate to rounded, not mucronate, base cuneate, margin weakly or strongly undulate, glabrous beneath and above, not punctate beneath, secondary veins 30-40 pairs, 70-80° from midrib. Inflorescence axillary, a simple unbranched pleiochasium, delicate, glabrous, 1-1.7 cm long; peduncle 0.1-0.9 cm by 0.9 mm; bracts persistent, deltoid, 0.9 by 0.7 mm; bracteoles absent or only on pedicel of terminal flower; flowers c. 4; pedicels 3.5-4.5 mm long. Sepals free, not fleshy, ovate, c. 1 by 0.8 mm, 1.25 times as long as wide, apex acute, ciliate, glabrous. Corolla tube slightly inflated, c. 3.1 by 1.2 mm, 3.1 times as long as sepals, 2 times as long as lobes, glabrous outside, sparsely pubescent around stamens and more densely in a band beneath them inside; lobes elliptic, c. 1.7 by 0.9 mm, 1.9 times as long as wide, apex rounded, base auriculate, glabrous outside and inside, not ciliate. Stamens inserted at c. 1.8 mm from corolla base which is 0.53 of tube length; filaments c. 0.5 mm long; anther apex c. 0.4 mm from corolla mouth, anthers c. 0.9 by 0.3 mm. Ovaries c. 0.7 mm high, pubescent in tufts between the carpels; style c. 1.4 mm long; style head c. 0.4 mm long. Fruit black, stalks 4-6.7 mm long, with 1 article, sparsely puberulent at ends, articles with thin flesh, 13.2-20.5 by 9.5-15 mm, ellipsoid or cylindrical, symmetrical, apex rounded or apiculate. Seeds 14-14.6 by 7-9.6 by 6-8 mm.
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