Liana to 20 m.. Tendrils (including peduncle) 8–20(–25) cm.. Leaves 5-foliolate, palmate to imparipinnate, the lowest pair of leaflets inserted at a distance of up to 3 mm. from top leaflets; leaflets elliptic to oblong, top mostly acute, up to 0.5 cm. acuminate, rarely subobtuse, up to 1 mm. mucronate, base subobtuse to acute, (1.5–)2.5–10 by (0.7–)1.2–3.5 cm.; petiole (1.5–)2–8 cm.; petiolules 0.3–1.2 cm., when dry not jointed to the petiole.. Glands on petiole 0.5–2 mm. across, situated 1/5–1/3 (i.e. 0.5–2.5 cm.) from the base of the petiole; glands on leaflets (0–)1(–2), ± 0.5 mm. across, at each side on the margin close to the base.. Inflorescences 2–6(–8)-flowered; peduncle 5–13 cm.. Flowers hermaphrodite or functionally ♂. Stipe 7–25 mm.. Sepals 7–10 by 2.5–3 mm., obtuse.. Petals 7–9 by 2–2.5 mm., acute to obtuse.. Corona 3.5–6 mm.; threads 2–4 mm., tube 1.5–2 mm.. Filaments 3–6 mm., united at base into a broad cup ± 1 mm.; anthers 2.5–3.5 mm., ± 1 mm. apiculate or not.. Ovary in ♂ flowers much reduced, 1.5–2 mm.; in hermaphrodite flowers ellipsoid, 3–3.5 by ± 1.5 mm.; styles 3, ± 1.5 mm., connate for 0.5–1 mm. (free style-arms 0.5–1 mm.).. Fruits 1–4 per inflorescence, ellipsoid, obtuse to subacute at both ends, excluding the 0.5–1 cm. long gynophore 2.2–4 by 1.5–2.3 cm.; valves 2.5–3 mm. thick at sutures.. Seeds 6–12 per capsule, ± 6 mm., with 3–4 pits across the length.. Fig. 10.
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