Spreading herb up to at least 60 cm. long, probably from a large tuber; stems pale brown, glabrous; tendrils absent.. Leaves narrowly ovate to narrowly lanceolate or ± elliptic, 1.2–6.5 cm. long, 0.5–2.5 cm. wide, sharply acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, margined and with subulate emergent nerve endings, glabrous; petiole 0.4–1.4 cm. long; stipules whitish, hyaline, asymmetrically triangular, 2.5–5 mm. long, 1.5–3.5 mm. wide, entirely glabrous.. Inflorescence leaf-opposed, compact, 1–1.5 cm. wide, of 2–3 umbel-like cymules, glabrous; peduncle 0.5–2 cm. long; pedicels 2–4 mm. long, glabrous; bracts similar to stipules, 1.5 mm. long.. Calyx 1.5 mm. wide, shallowly toothed, glabrous.. Buds obtuse.. Petals red, reddish brown or greenish yellow, ovate, 2 mm. long, glabrous.. Fruits not seen.
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