Woody vines. Leaves ± papyraceous, (3—)4—11(—14) µm thick; lamina elliptic, rarely ovate-elliptic, (6.5-)7-13(-14.5) by (2-)3-6.5(-7.5) cm, length: width ratio (1.7-)1.8-2.8(-3.2); primary vein (slightly) impressed above, (slightly) prominent below; secondary veins (4-)5-8(-10) pairs, straight to slightly arcuate; base cuneate, rarely obtuse, often short-attenuate; apex acute to acuminate; margin entire, rarely denticulate, 0(-8) teeth; petiole (8—)10—19(—23) mm long, (0.5-)0.7-1.7(-1.9) mm diameter. Flowers borne solitary in axils of leaves, occasionally with secondary flower borne in axil of prophyll, always on young growth; peduncle length highly variable, l-6.5(-42.5) mm long, (0.6-)0.7-1.2(-2.4) mm diameter. Perianth segments 10-17, white, cream or yellow; outermost perianth segment ovate, 1.1—2.6(—3.2) by 1.7-2.5(-3.5) mm, length: width ratio 0.6-1.0(-1.2), highly reduced to 0.2-0.4 of length of largest; innermost perianth segment elliptic to ovate, (1.8-)3.2-5.7(-7.5) by 1.1-4.1 mm, length: width ratio (1.3-)1.6-2.5(-2.8), slightly reduced to (0.3-)0.6-0.9 of length of largest; largest perianth segment ovate (rarely elliptic or orbiculate), 5.4-7.5(-10.9) by (3.6-)4.5-6.5 (-9.4) mm, length: width ratio (1.0-) 1.1-1.4(-l .6). Male flowers with 39-62(-72) stamens, red, absent from apex of torus, anthers ± sessile, closely appressed in subglobose to ellipsoid head, 2.0-4.5 mm diameter, connectives broad, with lateral thecae so that the thecae of adjacent stamens contiguous; pollen hexacolpate. Female flowers with 28-47 free carpels, green, gynoecium 3.2-4.1 mm diameter; ovaries (1.3—)1.5—1.9 (-2.2) by 1.0—1.2(—1.9) mm, length: width ratio 1.0-1.7; pseudostyle broad with subpeltate pseudostigma. Fruit peduncle slightly elongated, 14-46 mm long; berries 28-41, ripening red, 19.4-24.2 by 7.9-11.2 mm, length: width ratio 2.1-3.0, berries sessile. Seeds 1 or 2 per berry, pyriform, discoid or reniform, 4.6-5.6 by 4.3-5.5 mm, length: width ratio 0.9-1.2.
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Plants glabrous throughout. Petiole 0.7-2.9 cm; leaf blade ovate-elliptic to elliptic, 6.5-13.5(-16) × 2.5-6.5(-9.5) cm, ± papery to subleathery, secondary veins 5-9(-16) on each side of midvein, base cuneate to broadly cuneate and often shortly decurrent on petiole, margin entire or denticulate, apex acute to acuminate. Flower peduncle 0.1-2(-3.5) cm (staminate), 0.4-3.3 cm (pistillate). Tepals 10-17(-25), white, cream, or yellow, largest 4.5-20.5 × 3.5-12(-15) mm. Staminate flowers: stamens 40-74; staminodes absent. Pistillate flowers: carpels 28-72. Fruit peduncle 1.4-4.6 cm; apocarps red, 0.7-2.2 × 0.6-1.5 cm. Seeds 1 or 2(-11) per apocarp, pyriform, discoid, or reniform, 4-5.5(-7.5) × 4.5-7 mm. Fl. Jun-Oct, fr. Oct-Dec.
An evergreen twining plant. It grows about 10 m long. The stem or cane is flexible and has a thick outer layer. It has narrow marks on it. It is hollow. The outer layer can be stripped off easily. The inside is red and has a smell. The fruit are round and composite.
Primarily in submontane to montane forests, generally over rocks, or supported by shrubs or trees. Forests, ravines and along the sides of rivers at elevations of 800-2,000 metres.
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A tropical plant. In Sikkim it grows between 500-2,200 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Forests, ravines and along the sides f rivers at elevations of 400-900 metres.
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