Woody liana to 25 m high, with slender branches covered with a rough fulvous indumentum of stellate hairs. Leaves ovate, 3.3-6 by 1.5-2.5 cm, charta-ceous, base rounded, narrowed to an acute apex, midrib slightly channelled above, prominent below, lateral veins conspicuous, upper surface of mature leaves with widely spaced remnants of small stellate hairs, lower surface covered with dense indumentum of small fulvous stellate hairs, with scattered slightly larger stellate hairs along the principal veins; petiole 7-10 mm long, covered in stellate hairs. Inflorescence: axillary, few-flowered pleiochasia, up to 5.5 cm long, covered with a dense fulvous tomentum and bearing subulate caducous bracts; pedicels oppo-site or subopposite, c. 5-7 mm. Male receptacle bowl-shaped, c. 7 mm Ø at anthesis (without the tepals) with 5 or 6 deltoid tepals, outer surface densely covered with an uneven stellate indumentum, inner surface with short simple hairs; stamens 20-25, with short filaments, anthers c. 0.8-mm long. Female flowers not seen. Mature fruits with irregular coria-ceous receptacular lobes 2 cm long, bearing sessile drupes 0.8 cm ø when dry.
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