Climber. Branchlets weakly angled, not lenticellate, glabrous. Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4; petiole 0.1-0.3 cm long, glabrous; blade coriaceous or subcoriaceous, elliptic, 1-7 by 0.4-2.6 cm, 2-4.3 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, sometimes notched at the apex, base cuneate or decurrent onto petiole, margin weakly undulate or not, glabrous beneath and above, secondary veins 26-32 pairs. Inflorescence axillary, a simple unbranched pleiochasium, delicate, glabrous, 0.7-1.5 cm long; peduncle 0.2-0.8 cm by 0.6-0.7 mm; bracts persistent, deltoid, 0.8-0.9 by 0.5 mm; bracteoles absent; flowers 4; pedicels 2-3 mm long. Sepals ovate, 0.8-0.9 by 0.6-0.7 mm, 1.1-1.5 times as long as wide, apex obtuse to acute, ciliate or not, glabrous. Corolla bud head c. 1.4 mm long which is 0.33 of bud length, ellipsoid, apex acute; tube slightly inflated, c. 3 by 1.1 mm, 3.8 times as long as sepals, 1.9 times as long as lobes, glabrous outside, sparsely pubescent around stamens and more densely in a band beneath them inside; lobes ovate, c. 1.6 by 1.2 mm, 1.3 times as long as wide, apex obtuse, base auriculate, glabrous outside and inside, not ciliate. Stamens inserted at c. 2.3 mm from corolla base which is 0.77 of tube length; filaments c. 0.4 mm long; anther apex c. 0.1 mm from corolla mouth, anthers c. 0.8 by 0.3 mm. Ovaries c. 0.7 mm high, glabrous; style c. 1 mm long; style head c. 0.4 mm long. Fruit with 1 article, glabrous, articles with thin flesh, 8.6-9.3 by 7.3-8.2 mm, globose, symmetrical, apex rounded. Seeds elliptic, c. 8 by 6.8 by 6 mm.
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