Lianas woody, 4-20 m, glabrous except for inflorescences. Stems to 5 cm in diam.; branchlets distinctly striate-angular. Petiole 0.8-1.2 cm; leaf blade elliptic or obovate, 6.9-9 X 2.5-4 cm, leathery, base cuneate, apex obtuse, acute, or short acuminate; lateral veins 4-6 pairs, slightly raised abaxially. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, 4-15 cm. Pedicel 4-6 mm. Sepals circular, ca. 3 mm in diam., ± dull yellow pubescent abaxially with 2-armed hairs, glabrescent. Corolla white, 8-10 mm; lobules broadly elliptic, undulate. Stamens unequal, apex acuminate; filaments ca. as long as anthers. Ovary ellipsoid (drum-shaped), glabrous. Stigma conical, spirally ridged. Fruit red to yellow, ovoid-ellipsoid, 1.4-2 cm.
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