Chilocarpus vernicosus Blume

Woody climber to 20 m high. Branchlets glabrous, not lenticellate. Leaves: petiole 10-37 mm long; blade elliptic, occasionally almost oblong, 4.6-18.5 by 1.5-7.8 cm, 1.6-3.9 times as long as wide, apex acuminate or apiculate, sometimes rounded, base cuneate, secondary veins 11-30 pairs, with slightly weaker parallel interstitial veins, these sometimes obscure or indistinguishable from secondary veins, more or less straight, anastomosing into an intramarginal vein. Inflorescence axillary, paniculate, robust, 2.4-11.7 cm long, shorter than subtending leaves; peduncle 0.7-3.2 cm long, sparsely and minutely puberulent or glabrous; pedicels with many bracteoles, 0.5-2 mm long. Calyx ovate, 1.2-1.6 mm long, lobes 0.8-1.3 by 1-1.4 mm, 0.6-1.2 times as long as wide, apex obtuse to rounded, glabrous, ciliate. Corolla orange; tube 4.3-5.7 mm long, 3.3-4.8 times as long as sepals, 0.8-1.4 times as long as lobes, glabrous outside, densely pubescent below stamens inside; lobes 4-5.4 by 1.5-2.1 mm, 2.4-3.3 times as long as wide, falcate, apex acuminate to obtuse. Stamens inserted at 2.1-3.3 mm from corolla base which is 0.4-0.5 of tube length; filaments 0.6-0.8 mm long; anthers 1-1.3 by 0.4-0.5 mm. Ovary 1-1.3 mm high, glabrous; style and style head 1.4-2.2 mm long. Fruit ellipsoid, often warty, 5.5-8.2 by 3.1-4 by 3.2-3.5 cm, base cuneate, apex apiculate or acuminate. Seeds 7-9 by 6-7 by 3.5-4.5 mm.

A tropical plant.