Woody vines. Leaves ± papyraceous, (4-)5-7(-10) jam thick; lamina elliptic, rarely ovate-elliptic or ovate, (6.5—)7—10(—11.5) by 3-5(-6) cm, length: width ratio (1.7—) 1.9-2.5(-2.7); primary vein plane to slightly impressed above, prominent below; secondary veins 5-6(-7) pairs, often indistinct due to presence of intersecondary veins, slightly arcuate; base cuneate to obtuse; apex acute to acuminate; margin entire to denticulate, 0-4 (-6) teeth; petiole (6.5-)7.5-15(-17) mm long, 0.8-1.4(-l.7) mm diameter. Flowers borne solitary in axils of leaves, always on young growth; peduncle (10—)15— 32 mm long, 0.4-0.8(-0.9) mm diameter. Perianth segments 10-12, white or dull yellow; outermost perianth segment ovate, 1.2—1.8(—3.4) by 1.3-2.2(-4.1) mm, the length: width ratio (0.5—)0.8—1.1, highly reduced to 0.2-0.4 of length of largest; innermost perianth segment elliptic to ovate, (3.6-)4.3-5.5 by 2.5-2.9 mm, length: width ratio (1.3—)1.5—1.9(—2.2), slightly reduced to (0.4-)0.6-0.9 of length of largest; largest perianth segment orbicular to ovate, 4.2-10.6 by 4.7-8.4 mm, length: width ratio 0.9-1.1 (-1.3). Male flowers with 24-42 stamens, absent from apex of torus, anthers ± sessile, closely appressed in subglobose to ellipsoid head, c. 2.6 mm diameter, connectives broad, with lateral thecae so that thecae of adjacent stamens contiguous; pollen hexacolpate. Female flowers with 17-36 free carpels, gynoecium c. 3.1 mm diameter; ovaries 1.0-3.0 by 0.7-2.8 mm, length: width ratio 1.0—1.3(—1.7); pseudostyle broad with subpeltate pseudostigma. Fruit peduncle slightly elongated, 28-38 mm long; berries 20-45, ripening white to brown, (2.6-)5.0-5.9 by (2.6-)3.1-3.6(-5.0) mm, length: width ratio 1.0-1.7, sessile or on short stipe, to c. 1.2 mm. Seeds 1 or 2 per berry, reniform, 2.6-4.2 by 3.4-4.7 mm, length:width ratio c. 0.8-0.9.
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