Liana or lianescent shrub to 10 m.. Branches densely, often pustular, lenticellate.. Branchlets subappressed puberulous, often soon glabrescent, soon provided with small pale lenticels.. Stipules narrowly triangular, 1–7 mm. long, appressed pubescent, usually early caducous.. Petiole (3–)4–9(–14) mm. long, glabrous or with a few hairs; blade often coriaceous, elliptic to obovate (7–)9–15(–22) × (3–)4–9(–13) cm., cuneate-rounded or obtuse-subcordate at base, truncate-obtuse or tapering to an obtuse to subacute apex, sometimes shortly acuminate, the acumen 0.5(–1.5) cm. long, when young sparsely hairy mainly on midrib and the 4–8(–9) pairs of main lateral nerves, soon glabrescent, longer persistent on the impressed midrib above; glands usually few, beneath only, often distinct.. Inflorescences axillary on the leafy shoot, more often 2 or more together on leafless axillary shoots or on leafless parts of axillary shoots, cymose, up to 3 times distinctly branched,, usually many-flowered, puberulous-tomentellous; peduncle 3–22 mm. long; bracts and bracteoles triangular, 0.5–2 mm. long; pedicel up to ± 5 mm. long, the upper part 0–1 mm. long.. Sepals erect to spreading, oblong-elliptic, 3–5(–6) × (1–)1.5–2(2.5) mm., shortly appressed pubescent to tomentellous on both surfaces.. Petals erect or nearly so, narrowly oblong-obovate, 3–4.5(–6) × 1–1.5 mm., notched or split up to 0.5 mm., glabrous or with a few appressed hairs outside or on margin.. Stamens erect, 3–4.5(–6) mm. long; filaments glabrous or with a few hairs in upper part.. Pistil 3-merous, 3.5–5(–7) mm. long; ovary 3-lobed, densely shortly velutinous; style glabrous or with a few hairs in basal part, with 3, up to 0.5 mm. long lobes apically.. Fruits (only immature fruits of 2 specimens seen) 1(–2)-seeded, obovoid, up to ± 3 × 2 cm., brown velutinous; endocarp a thin, smooth, glabrous film.
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