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Shrubs, scandent or trailing, ca. 1.5 m tall. Twigs mostly hanging, not squamate, with appressed trichomes, often with recurved stipular spines to 7 mm. Petiole 7-11 mm; leaf blade oblong, 4-8[-15] × 2-4[-6] cm, subleathery, glabrous but abaxially often slightly yellowish brown pubescent, secondary veins 6-10 on each side of midvein, base rounded to rarely nearly cordate, margin ± revolute, apex acuminate to rarely rounded or emarginate but often with an acute mucronulate tip. Inflorescences mostly axillary and sometimes terminal, umbellate, 6-9-flowered. Pedicel 2.5-3.5 cm, glabrous, base with a pair of ca. 2-mm spines or spineless. Sepals (5-)6-7 × ca. 5 mm, glabrous, margin membranous; sepals of outer whorl herbaceous; sepals of inner whorl flat, thinner, distinct while in bud, margin rarely with small cilia. Petals white [yellowish white, pink, or red, rarely tinged with pale green outside], obovate, 8-11 × 4-6 mm, base with many trichomes. Stamens 20(-40); filaments 2-3 cm; anthers ca. 1 mm. Gynophore 2-3[-4.5] cm; ovary ellipsoid, 1-2 mm, glabrous; placentae 3 or 4. Fruit pale bluish black, subglobose to globose, 1-1.2 × 1-1.2 cm. Seeds 3 or more per fruit, 8-12 × 5-12 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. from at least Jul.
Shrub, scandent, rarely self-supporting, c. 1.5 m high; twigs pendulous, puberulous when young. Spines usually present, recurved, to 7 mm long. Leaves elliptic, acute to mucronate, rarely subemarginate; mostly 6.5–12 cm long, 2–4 cm wide; base acute to subcordate; margins recurved; midrib mostly sunken; veins 6–10 pairs, obscure; petiole 0.5–15 mm long. Inflorescence mostly dense towards apex of lateral twigs, axillary, subumbellate, sometimes terminal, sometimes branched; bracts small, narrow, caducous; pedicels 15–30 mm long, sometimes with a pair of spines at base, glabrous. Sepals 6–10 mm long, 5 mm wide, glabrous; outer pair herbaceous; inner pair flatter, thinner, rarely minutely ciliate. Petals obovate, 8–11 mm long, puberulous at base, especially inside, white, cream, pink or red. Stamens c. 20, rarely to 40, 2–3 cm long. Gynophore 2–5 cm long, glabrous; ovary 1–2 mm long, glabrous; placentas 3 or 4. Fruit subglobose, 2.5–3.5 cm diam., blue-black. Seeds 3 or more; axis through attachment 6–12 mm long.
