Plants 1-2 m. Stems erect, glandular-pubescent, glabres-cent; spines at nodes absent; prickles on internodes absent. Leaves: petiole 1.2-3 cm, crisped-puberulent, long stipitate-glandular; blade reniform-orbiculate, shallowly 3-5-lobed, cleft 1/8-1/4 to midrib, 1.5-3 cm, base cordate to cuneate, surfaces pubescent, sessile-and stipitate-glandular, lobes rounded, margins crenate-dentate, apex rounded. Inflorescences pendent, 6-10-flowered racemes, 3-5 cm, axis stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced. Pedicels jointed, 0.5-1 mm, pubescent stipitate-glandular; bracts obovate, 3-7 mm, long stipitate-glandular. Flowers: hypanthium greenish white, tubular, tube evenly wide, 3-5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; sepals not overlapping, spreading, white, ovate-oblong, 0.5-1 mm; petals nearly connivent, erect, white, round to broadly ovate, revolute, 1 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens nearly as long as petals; filaments linear, 0.5 mm, glabrous; anthers cream, ovate, 0.2-0.3 mm, apex with conspicuous, cup-shaped gland; ovary stipitate-glandular; styles connate 3/4 their lengths, 6 mm, glabrous. Berries palatable, black, globose, 5-8 mm, glandular-pubescent.
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