Woody vines. Leaves ± coriaceous, (5-)8-15(-20) |im thick; lamina elliptic to ovate, (10—)13—18(—21) by (5-)6-ll(-18) cm, length: width ratio (l.l-)1.4-2.1(-3.0); primary vein slightly to highly impressed above, (very) prominent below; secondary veins (3-)5-6(-8), generally arcuate; base obtuse to truncate; apex acute to acuminate; margin entire; petiole (15-)19-33(-79) mm long, (1.4-)1.9-3.0(-4.7) mm diameter. Flowers either borne solitary in axils of leaves or in axils of fugaceous bracts, occasionally cauli-florous, often growing as glomerules on trunk; peduncle (2.5-)5-43 mm long, (1.1-) 1.7-2.2(-2.8) mm diameter. Perianth segments 12-21, yellowish, outermost segments sometimes greenish; outermost perianth segment ovate, 1.8-8.9 by 2.8-7.3 mm, length: width ratio 0.6-0.8, highly reduced to 0.2-0.3 of length of largest; innermost perianth segment generally elliptic, (1.8-)6.5-10.5 by (0.8-)4.6-7.3 mm, length: width ratio 1.3-1.4(-2.3), reduced to (0.3-)0.5-0.8 of length of largest; largest perianth segment elliptic to ovate, (6.3-)9-13 by 6.1-9.7 mm, length: width ratio (1.0-)1.3-1.5. Male flowers with 38-53 stamens, anthers ± sessile, closely appressed in subglobose to ellipsoid head, 7-8 mm diameter, connectives broad, with dorso-lateral thecae so that thecae of adjacent stamens not contiguous. Female flowers with 100-200 (to 300, fide Smith 1947: 197) carpels, gynoecium 5.7-7.5 mm diameter; ovaries 1.1-2.0 by 0.8-1.2 mm, length: width ratio 1.3-2.1; pseudostyle broad with subpeltate pseudostigma. Fruit with 100-200 berries (possibly more), ripening cream to dull yellow or red, (16-) 19-39 by 6-14 mm, length:width ratio (1.4-)2.4-4.2(-5.6), berries sessile, pericarp greatly thickened distally, with basal locule and seeds. Seeds 1 or 2 per berry, discoid to pyriform, 5.0-8.6 by 4.6-5.2(-6.6) mm, length: width ratio 1.0-1.4(-1.8).
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