Creeper or climber, up to 30 m long, younger branches densely stellate-hirsute, older ones with small orbicular lenticels. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-oblong to oblong, (5-)6½-15(-17) by (1.8-) 2.5-6(-7½) cm, 4-6(-7)-nerved; acuminate from an obtuse apex, obtuse to rounded, sometimes minutely cordate at the base; densely stellate-hirsute, soon glabrescent, with slightly sunken to prominent midrib, slightly sunken nerves, and faintly prominent venation above; densely stellate-hirsute, soon glabrescent, with prominent nerves and venation beneath. Petiole 3-7 mm. Inflorescences axillary, often 2-4 together, 1-4 (in fruit up to 7) cm. 4-25-flowered. Pedicel 1½-3 mm. Sepals 1 & 2 oval to orbicular, 2-2.5 by 1.6-2.3 mm, 4 & 5 orbicular to transverse-oval, 1.8-2.2 by 1.8-2.5 mm; rather sparsely stellate-hirsute outside (hairs with 5-8 subequal, up to 300 µ long branches). Corolla pale waxy white, 6½-8 mm, tube 1½-2 mm; midpetaline field 2.6-4 by 1.6-1.8 mm, rather densely stellate-hirsute (hairs with 5-8 subequal, up to 350 µ long branches); lobules 2½-3½ by 2-2½ mm, with rather distinct venation, entire or slightly crenate at the margin. Stamens inserted 0.7-1.2 mm above the corolla-base; filament 0.7-1 mm long, 0.4 mm broad at the base; anther 1.3-1.6 mm long, 0.7-0.8 mm broad, 0.5-0.6 mm thick, acuminate (sterile acumen 0.3 mm) at the apex, cordate at the base. Ovary 0.7-1.2 by 0.8-1.3 mm, densely short-stel-late-hirsute for the upper part, glabrous for lower 0.2-0.7 mm; stigma conical, with 5 distinct ridges. Fruit obpyriform, 38 by 22 mm, dark brown or dark reddish brown, with dense very short indumentum. Cotyledons plain.
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