Climber, entirely glabrous. Leaves: petiole 2–4 cm long, inserted 2–4 mm from basal margin; lamina lanceolate to oblong, 17–30 cm long, 6.5–17 cm wide, with c. 6–9 pairs of lateral veins. Inflorescences 5–8 cm long when axillary, to c. 40 cm long when terminal, then sometimes with reduced leaves subtending the lateral branches. Male flowers (from unopened buds): pedicel 1–2 mm long; sepals cream, with the inner 6 rotund and 2 mm long; petals elliptic, 0.75 mm long; stamens 0.75 mm long. Female flowers: inner sepals broadly elliptic, reflexed, 4 mm long; petals elliptic, 2 mm long; carpels 2 mm long. Drupes red, c. 2.5 cm diam., drying rugose.
Grows in rainforest, mesophyll palm forest and mixed mesophyll vine forest, in soils derived from metamorphics, recorded to 720 m alt.
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