Stems twining, densely pilose with short, sub-patent hairs as are the petioles and the inflorescences. Branches terete or subangular towards the apex. Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, 8-13 by 4-8 cm, subcordate at the base, acute or obtusish at the apex, glabrous above, pilose beneath, mainly on the nerves; midrib flat above or slightly impressed, prominent beneath, 5-7 nerves on either side prominulous beneath, minor nervation indistinct; petiole 2-6 cm, terete at the base, more or less flattened towards the apex. Fruiting peduncles 8-22 cm long, terete, corymbosely branched at the apex. Pedicels 3-5 mm. Bracts caducous. Fruiting sepals unequal; three outer ones ovate, obtuse, ca 10 mm long, pilose outside, glabrous inside, with strongly crisped margins; two inner sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, ca 8-9 mm long, flat or slightly concave, outside pilose in the middle portion, and with broad glabrous margins. Fruit ellpsoid, 12-14 mm long, purplish-red; seed 1, ellpsoid.
Edges of, and in, first growt hjungle, 1000-1200 m.
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