Woody vines. Leaves coriaceous, (5-)7-22(-27) |im thick; lamina (ovate-)elliptic, rarely ovate, (5.5-)6.5-13(-14.5) by (2.5-)3-5.5(-6) cm, length: width ratio (1.3-) 1.6-2.7(-2.9); primary vein (slightly) impressed above, prominent below; secondary veins (3-)4-6(-9) pairs, slightly arcuate; base obtuse, rarely truncate (cuneate in younger leaves); apex acuminate, rarely acute; margin entire; petiole (5-)7-18(-22) mm long, 0.9-2.2(-2.6) mm diam. Flowers borne solitary in axils of leaves, occasionally with secondary flower borne in axil of prophyll, always on young growth; peduncle (2-)4-11(—15) mm long, (0.3-)0.7-1.3(-1.6) mm diameter. Perianth segments 7-12 (-14), outer segments pink to dark red, inner segments cream to bright yellow; outermost perianth segment ovate, 1.0-2.5(-8.0) by 1.2-2.5(-7.3) mm, length: width ratio 0.6-1.0 (-1.3), highly reduced to 0.1-0.4(-0.9) of length of largest; innermost perianth segment elliptic to obovate, (1.6-)4.0-7.8(-11.0) by (0.8-)2.3-4.3(-8.1) mm, length: width ratio 1.2-1.7(-2.7), slightly reduced to (0.3-)0.7-1.0 of the length of the largest; largest perianth segment shape variable, generally elliptic to ovate, 5.0-7.8 (-13.5) by 3.5-6.3(-14.7) mm, length: width ratio 0.9-1.5(-2.2). Male flowers with 15-32 stamens, anthers ± sessile, closely appressed in subglobose to ellipsoid head, 2.3-6.2 mm diameter, connectives broad, with dorso-lateral thecae so that thecae of adjacent stamens not contiguous. Female flowers with 18-68 carpels, gynoecium 2.5-5.0 mm diameter; ovaries 0.9-1.5(-l.6) by 0.6-1.0(-1.2) mm, length: width ratio (0.8-)0.9-1.4(-2.5); pseudostyle subulate, without pseudostigma. Fruit peduncle not markedly elongated, 4-14 mm long; berries 18-32 (possibly more), ripening red or yellow, 5.1-6.6 by 3.8-6.0 mm, length: width ratio 1.0-1.7, berries sessile, pericarp ± uniform in thickness or slightly thicker distally. Seeds 1-3 per berry, discoid to pyriform, (3.7-) 4.1-4.5(-5.2) by (3.0-)3.4-5.0 mm, length: width ratio 0.8-1.3.
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