Liane or climbing shrub 3–8 m. long; young stems densely covered with spreading bristly ferruginous hairs; older stems blackish, rugose, glabrescent.. Leaf-blades oblong-elliptic to obovate-lanceolate, 5–15 cm. long, 2–5.3 cm. wide, shortly acuminate to almost rounded at the apex, rounded or cuneate at the base, mostly subcoriaceous or thin, glabrous above, adpressed pilose beneath, at least on the midrib and nerves; venation reticulate on both surfaces, somewhat prominent beneath; petiole 2–6 mm. long, pilose.. Flowers in 1–9-flowered fascicles borne on hooked peduncles; pedicels2.5–6(–9) mm. long, covered with spreading ferruginous hairs; bracts elliptic, cucullate, 2–4 mm. long, ± 2 mm. wide, pubescent.. Sepals ovate, triangular or narrowly lanceolate, 3–4 mm. long, 2.5–3 mm. wide, acuminate, ferruginous pilose.. Petals whitish-yellow or yellow, subequal, linear, almost terete but flattened inside, 6–9 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. wide above, enlarged at the base and excavated, 2–3 mm. wide, very densely adpressed pubescent with pale ferruginous hairs.. Stamens 17–20, cuneiform, 1 mm. long; connective-prolongation truncate.. Carpels 7–9; ovary ovoid, ± 1 mm. long, more or less compressed, glabrous; styles ellipsoid-oblong, ± 1 mm. long, curved; receptacle hirsute between the carpels.. Monocarps green, later red, ellipsoid to ellipsoid-globose, (1–) 1.3–1.9 cm. long, (0.6–)0.8–l.3(–2) cm. wide, rounded at the apex, 1–2-seeded, glabrescent or sparsely pubescent, sessile.. Seeds dark, ellipsoid to ellipsoid-globose, 1.2–1.8 cm. long, 9–10 mm. wide, 6.5–7.5 mm. thick.
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A creeper or climbing shrub. It grows 3-8 m long. The stems have dense rusty coloured hairs. The leaves are oblong to sword shaped and 5-15 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The flowers are in groups of 1-9 flowers on hooked stalks. The fruit are green and turn red. They are oval and 1.3-1.9 cm long by 0.8-1.3 cm wide. There are 1-2 seeds. The seeds are dark.
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