Vine, semi-prostrate, slender, rarely exceeding 60 cm high, adventitious roots common, lenticels inconspicuous, young twigs covered with reddish brown glandular papillae and/or short hairs. Leaves alternate; petiole 7–21 mm long, papillate; lamina elliptic to broadly elliptic to obovate, (3.5–) 6.5–17.5 cm long, (1.6–) 3.5–7.8 cm wide, chartaceous, discolorous, base cuneate, margin entire or coarsely and irregularly toothed in upper half of the lamina, apex acuminate, scale-like hairs present on both surfaces but more common on lower surface, midrib slightly depressed on upper surface, prominent below, lateral veins 8–12 pairs, looping near the margin, glands globular, in transmitted light pellucid (pale orange translucent glands evident when back-lit), appearing dark in surface view, spherical red-brown. Flowers and fruits not seen.
Chiefly in evergreen, spring-fed rainforest; also known from the margin of a Melaleuca swamp abutting coastal vine thicket. Typically found on permanently wet organic substrates, in the wettest part of the forest.
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