Evergreen woody climber or scandent shrub, up to 6 m. Twigs glabrous; flowering twigs up to 4 mm diam., glabrous or somewhat short-pubescent. Buds ovoid, up to 1.5 mm acute; scales (sub)ciliolate or not. Leaves oblong or somewhat oblong-ovate, 6-25 by 2-10 cm, index 2—3(—3.5), pergamentaceous, glabrous or with some hairs on midrib, rarely beneath all over sparsely short-pubescent; base acute to rounded, apex acute, acuminate; nerves 4-8 (or 9) pairs, ± patent, curved to straight; petiole up to 2.5 cm, glabrous or with some very short hairs. Cymes arranged in an axillary, up to 8 cm long, glabrous to puberulous or short-tomentellous, racemose to thyrsoid inflorescence, subtended by bracts but often bracts fallen or sometimes leaf-like, cymes up to 1 cm, l-4(-7)-flowered, glabrous to somewhat puberulous or short-tomentellous; bracts ovate to oblong, up to 3 mm, glabrous to somewhat pubescent, (sub)ciliolate; bracteoles as bracts but usually smaller, or minute and then often situated near calyx; pedicels up to 4 mm. Flowers (pale-)green to yellow. Sepals ± ovate to broad-ovate, 0.6-1.3 by 0.5-1 mm, acute to obtuse, glabrous to somewhat pubescent, (sub)ciliolate. Petals elliptic-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 3.5-6.5 by (1.25-)1.5-2.5 mm, acute to obtuse, or ± acuminate, or gradually narrowed, nerves up to 7, thin but distinct. Stamens 1.2-2.2 mm; filament flattened, 1-2 by 0.2-0.5 mm; anther globular to ellipsoid, 0.2-0.3 mm, inflexed. Disk crown-shaped; lobes sometimes very short or indistinct; ribs sometimes faint or absent. Pistil 1-1.5 mm; style ± conical, 0.5-0.9 mm, much shorter than the adjacent side(s) of the drupelet(s); ovary globular to subreniform, 0.5-0.6 by 0.5-0.7 mm, glabrous. Drupelets obovoid, ± compressed, 10-12 by (7-)8-10 mm, white to pink or red when fresh, without persistent petals and stamens at the base; reticulate pattern faint to rather coarse, often limited to the margin. Embryo with somewhat to very wrinkled or folded cotyledons.
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