Evergreen woody climber, up to 10 m. Twigs glabrous or sometimes sparsely pubescent; flowering twigs up to 5 mm diam., glabrous to lax-pubescent. Buds broad-ovoid to ovoid, up to 2.5 mm, acute; scales (sub)glabrous, often ciliolate. Leaves oblong-ovate to lanceolate, 4-18 by 1.5—6.5(—8) cm, index 2-4(-4.5), ± pergamentaceous-coriaceous, above and beneath glabrous or with some hairs especially on midrib; base acute to rounded, apex acute, sometimes obtuse, acuminate or not; nerves 5-9 pairs, ± patent, sometimes somewhat ascending, curved to straight; petiole up to 2.5 cm, glabrous to lax-pubescent. Cymes either solitary, axillary, subtended by small and often herbaceous leaves, or when either the leaves are fallen or the cymes are subtended by bracts arranged in an up to 15 cm long, glabrous to ± lax-pubescent or tomentellous, racemose to thyrsoid inflorescence, cymes up to 2 cm, l-4(-6)-flowered; pedicels up to 7 mm; bracts oblong, up to 4 mm, glabrous to pubescent, ciliolate; bracteoles ovate to oblong, up to 1.75 mm, glabrous to pubescent, ciliolate, often situated near calyx. Flowers green to yellow or white. Sepals sometimes 6 or 7 (see bracteoles), broad-ovate to elliptic, 0.7—1.2(—1.5) by 0.6-1 mm, acute to rounded, glabrous to ± pubescent, ciliolate. Petals suborbicular to elliptic or ± obovate, 1.75-2.5 by 1.25-2 mm, obtuse to rounded, sometimes broad-acute, nerves 5, usually obscure. Stamens 1.5-2 mm; filament somewhat flattened, 1.25-1.75 by 0.3-0.4 mm; anther ellipsoid, 0.25-0.35 mm, inflexed. Disk crown-shaped, thin; ribs often faint or absent. Pistil 0.7-1.2 mm; style conical to cylindrical, 0.2-0.6 mm, much shorter than the adjacent side(s) of the drupelet(s); ovary globular to subreniform, 0.5-0.6 by 0.5-0.8 mm, glabrous. Drupelets globular to obovoid, strongly compressed, 11-14 by 10-13 mm, red to blue or black when fresh, without persistent petals and stamens at the base; reticulate pattern usually faint or absent, sometimes more prominent at the margin. Embryo with somewhat undulated cotyledons.
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Woody climbers, to 10 m, evergreen. Young branches green; old branches brown, waxy; bud scales broadly triangular. Petiole 1.5-2.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic, oblong-elliptic, or ovate-elliptic, 7-15 × 4-6 cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, lateral veins 6 or 7 pairs, reticulate veins sparse, distinct abaxially, inconspicuous adaxially, base broadly cuneate or rounded, apex shortly acuminate or acute. Cymes 2-4-flowered, sometimes with a leaflike bract at base, arranged in a long, narrowly paniculate inflorescence 7-15 cm, less than 2 cm in diam. Flowers fragrant. Sepals 5, ovate or oblong-ovate, 0.5-1 mm, apex acute or obtuse, glabrous, ciliate. Petals 5, greenish white to light green, yellowish green, or light red, obovate or elliptic-ovate, 1.5-2 mm, 5-7-veined, apex rounded. Stamens 5; filaments flattened; anthers introrse. Disk cup-shaped, shortly 5-lobed. Ovary glabrous. Schizocarp pink to red or bluish black, suborbicular or subreniform, 1-1.7 cm; endocarp with inconspicuous midrib, with foveolate. Fl. Aug-Nov, fr. Jan-May of following year.
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