Tall climber. Stems glabrous, rooting at nodes; bark pale. Leaves: lamina elliptic, 7.5–15 cm long, 3.5–6 cm wide, rounded at base, entire margin, acuminate or acute at apex, glabrous; petiole 1–1.5 cm long, thickened, somewhat flattened. Flowers 15–30 in umbels produced progressively at apex of thickened peduncle 6–10 cm long, fragrant at night; pedicel 2–2.5 cm long, glabrous. Calyx 2 mm long, externally sparsely pubescent. Corolla lobes c. 6 mm long, acute, glabrous externally, internally densely short-pubescent, white or pink. Corona pink or deep purple-pink; lobes 3–4 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, stellate. Pollinia obscurely winged. Follicle glabrous, c. 14 mm long, 5–10 mm wide. Seeds oblong, c. 5 mm long; coma c. 2–3 cm long.
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