Climbing shrub, entirely glabrous; young shoots pendulous. Leaves ovate from a broad, rounded base, shortly contracted into petiole, shortly acuminate, acute, slightly undulate, 3-7 cm by 2-4 cm; petiole ¾-1½ cm. Flowers axillary, spicate or sometimes solitary; spikes erect, shortly stalked, rather less than 1 cm long, few-flowered, dense; bracts ovate-oblong, obtuse, ± 1½ mm; bracteoles much shorter than perianth, oblong, obtuse. Tepals 4-5, oval-oblong, obtuse, very concave, 2¼-2½ mm long. Stamens about equalling perianth; staminal cup rather large; free parts of filaments linear from triangular base, about as long as cup or slightly longer. Ovary subglobose, with 3-4 longitudinal furrows, few-ovuled; styles 3-4, recurved, linear-subclavate. Berry (not seen) subglobose, ± lobed, red, succulent. Seeds 1-4, mostly 1.
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