Gynodioec. liane with stout main stems up to 5 cm. diam., ± 5 m. long; sparingly branched; bark pale brown, ± flaking; branchlets at first pubescent. Lvs rather distant, on slender to subfiliform petioles 10-20 mm. long. Lamina membr., pale green above, subglaucous below, glab. except on veins and margins, (10)-25-30 × (10)-20-25 mm., broad-ovate to suborbicular, subacute, subcordate to truncate at base; margins sinuate, remotely obscurely dentate. Fls solitary or occ. 2-3 together, on very slender peduncles ± 10 mm. long. Hypanthium ± 9 mm. long; sepals ± 7 mm. long, narrow-ovate, acuminate, patent to reflexed; petals dark purple, narrow-oblong, ± 2.5 mm. long. Stamens with purple filaments; stigma capitate. Berry dark purple, subcylindric, ± 10 × 5 mm.