Evergreen woody climber, up to c. 3.5 m. Twigs glabrous; flowering twigs up to 4 mm diam., glabrous. Leaves elliptic to oblong, sometimes (sub) lanceolate, (5-)7-15(-18) by (1.5-)2.5-7(-10) cm, index 2-3(-4), pergamentaceous, above and beneath glabrous; base acute, apex acuminate to sub-cuspidate; nerves 5-7 pairs, patent, curved to straight; petiole up to 2 cm, glabrous. Flowers yellowish-green to white, either solitary, sometimes 2 or 3 together, axillary, or arranged in a thyrsoid, axillary, up to 6.5 cm long, glabrous inflorescence; pedicels up to 2.5 cm, glabrous, with few small bud scales at the base when flowers solitary; bracts ± oblong-ovate, up to 1.5 mm long, glabrous, ciliolate; bracteoles as bracts. Sepals broad-ovate to ovate, 1.25-1.75(-2) by (0.75-)l-1.75 mm, acute to obtuse, glabrous, (sub)ciliolate or not. Petals oblong or ovate-lanceolate, c. 6-10 by 1.5-2.5 mm, sometimes the upper part somewhat channeled, tapering to the apex, acute to narrow-obtuse, nerves obscure. Stamens 3.5-7.5 mm; filament ± flattened, 3-7 by 0.4-0.75 mm; anther ellipsoid, 0.5-0.7 mm, upright. Disk short-cylindrical, small, the upper part not enclosing the base of the ovary and without lobes; ribs ± prominent. Pistil 3.5-c. 7 mm; style narrow-conical, 3-6 mm, ± half as long as the adjacent side(s) of the drupelet(s); ovary somewhat globular to subreniform, 0.5-0.8 by 0.7-1 mm, glabrous. Drupelets obovoid, somewhat compressed, 11-13 by 8-9 mm, white to blue when fresh, without persistent petals and stamens, reticulate pattern absent, often more or less rugged on the outside.
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