Shrubs scandent, unarmed or with spines. Leaves alternate or subopposite; petiole 8-12 mm, glabrous; leaf blade adaxially shiny, ovate-oblong or elliptic, 6-12 × 2.5-4 cm, thinly leathery, or leaves on flowering branches smaller, 3.5-5 × 1.8-2.5 cm, abaxially barbate at vein axils, adaxially glabrous, lateral veins 5 or 6(or 7) pairs, prominent abaxially, inconspicuous adaxially, base rounded, often asymmetrical, margin crenate, shallowly serrate, apex obtuse, acuminate, or shortly acuminate, rarely acute. Flowers sessile or subsessile, glabrous, usually in short axillary spikes, or rarely in spicate panicles on lower branches; rachis 2-3 cm, glabrous, often with brownish, ovate-triangular bracteoles. Sepals triangular-ovate, 1.3-1.5 mm, adaxially slightly keeled, apex acute. Petals clawed, shorter than sepals. Stamens ca. as long as petals. Drupe red when mature, elliptic-ovoid, large, 1-1.2 cm, 5-7 mm in diam., apex obtuse or mucronulate. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Nov-Dec.
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