Scandent, 6-10 m high; twigs slightly zig-zag, (nearly) glabrous; internodes c. 2 cm. Thorns recurved, 2-3 mm long, sharp. Leaves herbaceous, obovate, c. 2.5 times as long as broad, glabrous, c. 9-18.5 by 3.5-7.5 cm; base generally rather abruptly rounded and acute, top rounded and rather abruptly acuminate, tip narrow and acute, 1-1.5 cm; midrib above sulcate in the basal part; nerves 6-8 pairs, thinly subprominent above, reticulations distinct on both sides; petiole 0.5-0.75 cm. Flowers in mature state unknown, pale green, yellow inside, 2-3, serial. Pedicels 2-3 cm. Buds ovoid, acute, 4 mm long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Petals broadly elliptic, obtuse. Stamens c. 20. In fruit neither the pedicel nor the torus incrassate, the gynophore 11-17 mm, slightly thickened, obviously articulated with the fruit. Fruit irregularly spindle-shaped, (3½-)5.5-7.5 by 1¼-2¼ cm, the base slightly acuminate-tapering, the top umbonate; pericarp 1 mm thick, leathery, yellow to glossy orange. Seeds ∞, ovoid, 9 by 7 by 7 mm.
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