Lower parts unknown. Stem climbing to 16 m, distally unarmed, but probably armed at the base. Bulbils none seen. Leaves opposed, exactly ovate, shortly mucronate, to 8 by 5 cm at the horizon of flowering, 5-nerved; upper surface apparently pubescent when young, but not so when fully grown; lower surface with rather short tawny or reddish hairs in abundance; the secondary nerves broken considerably in the network; petiole to 2 cm. Male plant unknown. Female flowering axes as far as known, rather short and slender; their flowers not seen. Capsules with the apex just retuse, the base truncate; wings 21 by 22 mm, conspicuously broad; stipe to 4 mm.
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