Large liana, younger branches stellate-hirsute, older ones with longitudinal cork-ridges. Leaves elliptic-oblong, 6-12 by 3-5½ cm, 4-5-nerved, obtuse to subacute, slightly acuminate at the apex, obtuse at the base; rather densely stellate-hirsute, soon glabrescent, with slightly sunken midrib, faintly sunken nerves, and indistinct venation above; densely stellate-hirsute, later on floccosely glabrescent, indumentum long-persistent along the midrib and nerves, with prominent nerves, faintly prominent major venation, indistinct minor venation beneath. Petiole 5-12 mm. Infructescences axillary or terminal, 4-15 cm, 5-40-flowered. Flowers unknown. Sepals (in fruit) 1 & 2 orbicular to transverse-oval, 2.3-2.5 by 2.5-2.8 mm, 4 & 5 transverse-oval, 2.1-2.3 by 3 mm, den-sely stellate-hirsute outside (hairs with 5-8 sub-equal, up to 200 µ long branches). Fruit ellipsoid, 10 by 7 mm, brown-red, glabrous except some short stellate hairs on the apical part. Cotyledons plain.
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