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Liana, up to 6 m, branches hanging, or erect shrub; young twigs puberulous, often soon becoming glabrous. Leaves herbaceous in dry state, glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, long-narrowed, 4-9(-11) by (1-)1.5-4 cm; apex acute or ± acuminate; base attenuate to shortly attenuate; midrib and main lateral nerves rarely somewhat prominent beneath, (6-)7-9 pairs of mostly inconspicuous nerves; petiole (2-)4-6 mm, hairy. Spikes 1-4(-5) in the axil of one leaf, (1-)2—3 cm long when flowering; bracts lanceolate, 0.5—1 mm long. Perianth urceolate, greenish yellow or white, tube c. 1.5 mm long, lobes recurved. Stamens as long as the perianth tube. Disk scales slightly fleshy, oblong, apex 3-toothed, c. 0.5 mm long. Ovary ovoid, C. 1 mm long; style c. 0.5 mm long; stigma shallowly 4-lobed. Drupe orange-red, ellipsoid to nearly globular, 11—15 by 9—13 mm.
A climbing tropical forest plant. It can be 6 m long. It can also be as an erect shrub. The branches hang downwards. The young twigs are hairy but these often become smooth. The leaves are oval and 4-9 cm long by 1.1-4 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 2-6 mm long and hairy. The midrib is easy to see underneath the leaf. The top of the leaf often comes to a small point and the base tapers. There are 1-4 flower spikes in each leaf axil. They are 2 cm long. The flowers are sweetly scented. The floral tube is green or yellow. The fruit is yellow to orange an oval. It is 1.5 cm long by 1 mm wide.
