Woody vines. Leaves coriaceous, (5-)8-12(-20) |im thick; lamina elliptic to ovate, (8.5—)10—15(—21) by (4-)4.5-12.5(-14) cm, length: width ratio (l.l-)1.4-2.1(-2.8); primary vein plane to slightly impressed above, (very) prominent below; secondary veins (4-)5-7(-8) pairs, arcuate; base obtuse to truncate; apex acute to acuminate; margin entire, rarely subdentate; petiole (14-)15.5-30(-60) mm long, (l.l-)1.3-3.0(-3.7) mm diameter. Flowers either borne solitary in axils of leaves or in axils of fugaceous bracts, occasionally cauliflorous, growing as glomerules on trunk; peduncle 11-27(-35) mm long, 0.5—1.3(—2.1) mm diameter. Perianth segments 12-15, yellow, cream or pink; outermost perianth segment ovate, 2.0-3.5 by 1.8-4.7 mm, length: width ratio 0.7-1.2, highly reduced to 0.1-0.2 of length of largest; innermost perianth segment shape variable, generally elliptic, 5.8-8.0(-15.9) by 3.4-6.2(-10.3) mm, the length: width ratio 1.3-1.7, reduced to 0.4-0.7 of length of largest; largest perianth segment generally ovate, 11.3-15.0(-21.5) by 9.6-14.0(-19.7) mm, length:width ratio 1.1-1.3. Male flowers with 40-57 stamens, anthers ± sessile, closely appressed in subglobose to ellipsoid head, 4.0-5.8 mm diameter, connectives broad, with dorso-lateral thecae so that thecae of adjacent stamens not contiguous. Female flowers with 47-55 carpels, gynoecium c. 5 mm diameter; ovaries 1.7-3.8 by 0.5-1.7 mm, length: width ratio 2.1-3.8; pseudostyle broad with subpeltate pseudostigma. Fruit peduncle ± elongated, 20-50 mm long; berries 30-50, ripening red or yellow, (3.6-)6.8-10.9(-11.8) by (3.3—)6.1—10.1(—12.0) mm, length: width ratio 0.9-1.3, berries borne on stipes, (1.8-)2.9-10.8(-15.2) mm long, articulate at apex of stipe, pericarp ± uniform in thickness, not distally thickened. Seeds (1 or) 2 per berry, discoid to reniform, 5-6.3(-6.6) by (3.8-)5.0-6.6 (-7.8) mm, length: width ratio 0.8-1.1.
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