Rhoicissus laetans Retief

A shrub, up to 1.5 m high, sometimes scrambling. Tendrils absent. Leaves simple, petiolate; lamina elliptic to obovate, 18-50 x 10-25 mm, glabrous, net-veining prominent on undersurface, margin entire, base obtuse, apex obtuse to slightly acute, very shortly mucronate; stipules absent; petiole up to 5 mm long. Inflorescence a leaf-opposed cyme, tendril-like. Calyx entire. Petals 4, ovate, 2 mm long, yellowish green. Stamens with filaments 1 mm long, dorsifixed, opposite petals, bending over gynoecium. Disc entire, with ovary immersed in it. Style simple, entire, 2 mm long. Stigma not broader than style. Berries 12 mm in diameter. Seed 1-3(-4); testa smooth, dark brown, usually with a prominent, longitudinal furrow.