Lianas or scandent shrubs, to 4 m, glabrous except for calyx and corolla. Branchlets terete. Petiole ca. 5 mm; leaf blade oblong, narrowly oblong, or almost linear, 4--12 X 1--3 cm, flat on both surfaces or abaxially slightly elevated, base obtuse to rounded, apex acuminate, lateral veins 8--10 pairs. Flowers axillary, solitary or paired, 5-merous, usually pendulous. Pedicel 1.5--2 cm, 2-bracteolate near base. Sepals broadly ovate, ca. 1 X 1.5 mm, ciliate. Corolla yellow-white or white; tube 1 mm, inside pubescent; lobes narrowly elliptic, ca. 8 X 3 mm. Stamens inserted at base of corolla tube; anthers oblong, ca. 5 mm, 4-locular. Style short; stigma exserted, apex shallowly 2-cleft. Ovary with 1 ovule per locule. Berries ca. 7 mm in diam., 1-seeded. Fl. Apr-Jul.
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