A climber up to 24 m, rarely a shrub or small tree up to 7 m (cf. H. M. BURKILL & SHAH 240). Branches long, slender, black when dry. Leaves chartaceous, glabrous, rather glaucous beneath, elliptic, 1¼-4(-6) by 1-2(-3.5) cm; apex obtuse and mucronate or shortly acute; base acute, cuneate, obtuse, or rounded; petiole c. 2 mm. Inflorescences terminal or rarely axillary, (1-)2-4-flowered, nodding, umbelliform, provided with 2 opposite or subopposite leafy bracts at the lower half of the peduncle, besides sometimes a small linear bract (5-7 mm long) at the top of the peduncle; leafy bracts usually smaller than but sometimes as large as the ordinary leaves, ovate or oblong-ovate, 2 1/3-4 by 1½-2 cm, whitish when dry, translucent and with less lateral nerves than the leaves. Peduncles 5-10 mm; pedicels c. 1 mm. Flowers green to greenish-white. Floral tube slender, slightly narrowed towards both ends, 12-15 mm long, usually glabrous on both surfaces. Calyx lobes linear. Petaloid appendages club-shaped or filiform, c. 5 mm long. Stamens 7-10 mm, usually exserted. Ovary including the stipe 4-6 mm long; style 15-18 mm, terminal or slightly sublateral; stigma capitate. Fruits ellipsoid, c. 1.25 cm long, narrowed to both ends.
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