Gardneria ovata Wall.

Vine or shrub. Leaves (ovate or) oblong to lanceolate, 6-13(-16) by 2¼-5½(-8) cm, chartaceous to thin-coriaceous, acute and slightly de-current at the base, gradually acute-acuminate to caudate and sometimes mucronulate; nerves 4-10 pairs. Inflorescences erect to pendulous, 4-8 cm long, 1-3-flowered to laxly thyrsoid and more-flowered, sometimes with a serial solitary flower in the same axil; peduncle ¾-2 cm, pedicels 0.5-2 cm, bibracteolate. Flowers 4-merous. Sepals ¾-1.5 by 1.5-2 mm. Corolla yellow to orange, waxy, tube 0.5-1.5 mm long, lobes ovate to elliptic, acute, inside papillose-pubescent, 3-4.5 mm. Stamens inserted just above the base of the corolla-tube (rarely halfway), anthers cohering mutually, erect, broadly ovate or elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-4 mm long, truncate, 2-celled. Ovary 0.5-1.5 mm, tapering into the 0.5-2 mm long style, stigma faintly 2-4-lobed to 2-parted. Ovules 1 per cell. Berry 0.75 cm ø, 1-or 2-seeded. Seeds orbicular, 0.5 cm ø, smooth, dull grey.

Along forest edges and climbing over limestone rocks, at 50-2250 m. Fl. March-June, fr. May-Nov.