Woody climber to 5 m high. Branchlets glabrous or minutely papillose-puberulent. Leaves: petiole 6-17 mm long, glabrous; blade elliptic to oblong or slightly obovate, 3.7-23.5 by 1.5-9.1 cm, 1.7-4.4 times as long as wide, apex shortly acuminate, rarely to rounded, base cuneate to obtuse, glabrous above and beneath, 8-26 pairs of secondary veins, slightly ascending, tertiary venation subperpendicular to midrib and oblique to secondary veins, and also reticulate. Inflorescence 1.3-3.1 cm long, several-flowered; peduncle 0-0.5 cm long, glabrous; pedicels 0.5-5 mm long, glabrous to minutely papillose-puberulent. Sepals ovate, often somewhat fused at base, 0.7-1.3 by 0.7-1.1, 0.7-1.3 times as long as wide, apex obtuse, glabrous, ciliate. Corolla tube 2.8-5.5 mm long, 2.8-4.7 times as long as calyx, 2.4-4 times as long as lobes, glabrous to minutely puberulent outside, sparsely to densely pubescent around stamens inside; lobes falcate with a fimbriate projection to one side, 0.7-2.7 by 1.5-2 mm (measuring the projection as part of the width), 0.5-0.8 times as long as wide, glabrous inside and outside; corona of 10 flattened triangular lobes free to base, 0.4-0.8 mm long, glabrous. Stamens inserted at 1.7-2.9 mm from corolla base which is c. 0.5 of tube length; filaments c. 0.4 mm long; anthers 0.9-1.6 by 0.3-0.6 mm. Ovary 1-1.4 mm high; style 0.7-1.1 mm long; style head 0.5-1 mm long. Fruit globose or subglobose, 3.3-7.4 by 3.3-7.5 cm. Seeds 9-15 by 4-7 by 3 mm.
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A woody creeper. The branches are smooth and slender. The bark is dark. The leaves are 10-12.5 cm long by 2.5-5 cm wide. They are green and shiny above and pale yellowish-green underneath. The flowers are crowded and the bracts are rounded. The fruit is a large yellow berry. There are many seeds.
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