Dioecious liana. Branchlets glabrous, purple-brown, later on greyish. Petioles 0.5-1.5 cm long, glabrous. Leaves elliptic to oblong, 13-25 by 6-12 cm, chartaceous, glabrous; glands few, small, scattered all over the lower surface of the leaf; base acute, slightly decurrent; apex more or less abruptly acuminate, acumen short and broad, blunt to acute, mucronulate; nerves 7-10 pairs, curved, most of them distinctly looped and joined. Inflorescences (female unknown) 1-4 cm long, distinctly stalked, repeatedly branched, with several flowers. Flowers (male) 5.5 mm long. Petals obovate, halfway incised, glabrous. Disk lobes c. 0.5-¾ mm, 2-lobed, glabrous. Pistil-lode densely tomentose. Infructescences small, short-stalked, with 1-2 fruits. Fruits 2-3-lobed, c. 3 cm long, 2.5-3 cm wide, smooth, shortly and densely fulvous-tomentose, with distinct, narrow sutures.
In primary forests at low alt. Fl. June, July, Nov., fr.--11.
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