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Slender climber, entirely glabrous or almost so, branches pendulous. Young stems powdery-glaucous. Leaves: petiole 1–3 cm long; lamina elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 7–13 cm long, 3–5 cm wide, sometimes lobed at base when juvenile, with 1 or 2 pairs of basal veins, often drying reddish brown; minute reticulation raised on both surfaces. Inflorescence thyrsoid, very lax, to c. 20 cm long. Male flowers: pedicel 1–5 mm long; sepals 7–9, yellowish, inner ones ± rotund and 1.5–2 mm long; petals usually 7–9, obtriangular, 0.75–1 mm long; stamens 11–15, free, 1–1.25 mm long. Female flowers: carpels 3, 1 mm long. Drupes broadly obovate in outline, 10–12 mm long, red; endocarp with a broad, rugose, dorsal band, laterally perforate.
