Small tree, shrub or climber, 2–20 m. high.. Young stems with sparse short appressed light-brown hairs, soon glabrescent and dark brown, becoming paler and longitudinally ridged with age.. Hooks opposite, subopposite or alternate.. Leaf-blade elliptic to oblanceolate, 5.5–23 cm. long, 3.5–8 cm. broad, shortly acuminate, undulate, slightly serrate or serrate, chartaceous, glabrous except on 12–20 pairs of lateral veins and the midrib which are usually appressed-pubescent.. Stipules very soon deciduous, present only at growing point of stem, digitate-laciniate, with broad basal part and short subulate lobes, and with sparse short appressed pale brown hairs.. Inflorescence cymose, axillary, 2–14–many-flowered.. Sepals unequal; outer three very broadly obovate to orbicular, inner two emarginate, apiculate and slightly keeled, 5–7 mm. long, with both surfaces very sparsely and coarsely pubescent.. Petals obovate, 1.5–2 cm. long, shortly clawed, truncate, with short or long silky hairs on both surfaces, yellow or white.. Stamens 10.. Styles 4–5, free, with shaggy hairs.. Drupe globose, ± 1–2 cm. in diameter, glabrous, orange, drying straw-coloured or black.. Fig. 2/1.
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A shrub or small tree or climber. It grows 2-20 m tall. Young stems have a few light brown hairs. The leaves are narrowly oval to sword shaped and 6-23 cm long by 4-8 cm wide. The edges are wavy and can have teeth. There are 2-14 flowers in a group in the axils of the leaves. The flowers are bright yellow. The fruit is round and 1-2 cm across. They are orange.
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