Shrubs scandent, glandular papillose-tomentose on branchlets, inflorescences, and petals. Branchlets angled, longitudinally sharply ridged, 2-3(-4) mm in diam. Petiole 5-10 mm,narrowly marginate, glabrous; leaf blade elliptic or oblong, 5-12 × 2.2-4.5 cm, papery, glabrous, inconspicuously pellucid punctate below, base rounded and decurrent on petiole, marginentire, apex subacuminate, rarely acute; midrib impressed adaxially, red punctate-lineate abaxially; lateral veins 18-27 on each side of midrib, inconspicuous. Inflorescences terminal,pinnately pyramidal paniculate, 5-15(-30) cm, branches spicate; peduncle 1.3-2.5 cm; bracts ovate to subulate, 0.8-1.2 mm, sparsely papillose-puberulent abaxially, margin entire, ciliate,apex acute or attenuate. Flowers greenish or white, (4 or)5-merous, papery, staminate 2.7-3.5 mm, pistillate 1.5-2 mm. Pedicel obsolete or conic to 0.5 mm. Sepals deltate, prominently blackpunctate, moderately papillose puberulent, margin long glandular papillose, apex acuminate. Petals free, elliptic or oblong, papery, pellucid punctate-lineate medially, margin longglandular papillose, apex obtuse to rounded. Stamens subequalling petals; anthers oblong, base sagittate, apex obtuse or acute, connective red punctate or pellucid punctate. Ovaryglobose, glabrous. Stigma subcapitate, 2-or 3-lobed. Fruit red, globose, 3-4 mm in diam. Fl. Feb-Apr, fr. May.
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A shrub or climber. There is a soft covering on the young branches and flowers. The branches are angled with sharp ridges along them. The branches are 2-3 mm thick. The leaf stalk is 5-10 mm long. The leaf blade is oblong and 5-12 cm long by 2.2-4.5 cm wide. They are papery. The base is rounded and extends along the leaf stalk. It tapers to a short tip. There are 18-27 side veins each side of the midrib. The flowering stalk is at the end of the branch and is shaped like a pyramid. It is 5-15 cm long. The flowers are greenish white. The fruit is round and red. It is 3-4 mm across.
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