Climbing shrubs. Stems slightly hairy, prickles few, short. Leaves ovate, 11-12 by 6-7 cm, not lobed, base cordate, margin grossly serrate, apex acute, herbaceous, nervation pedate with 6-7 pairs of nerves, venation widely parallel, sparsely hairy above and below. Petiole 1-1.5 cm long. Stipules lanceolate, up to 11 by 3.5 mm, margins with one minute tooth, with short hairs and short glandular hairs outside. Inflorescence a terminal panicle, many-flowered, branches up to 12 cm, the last branchings di-or monochasial. Bracts up to 15 by 1.5 mm, slightly lobed. Pedicels 1-1.5 cm long, sometimes with stalked glands between the hairs, like in the other axes of the inflorescence. Flowers bisexual, flower buds ovoid, pointed, no glands on the flowers. Hypanthium saucer-shaped, 4 mm across. Sepals triangular, 10-12 by 3-4 mm, long pointed, outer ones with a minute tooth on each uncovered margin. Petals none. Stamens c. 100, glabrous, filaments up to 8 mm, anthers 0.8 mm long. Pistils c. 30, ovaries glabrous, styles c. 6 mm long. Fruits not seen.
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