Low liana. Branchlets verrucose. Stipules deltoid, c. 1 mm long. Leaves subcoriaceous, shining above, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, rarely obovate-oblong, 4-13 by 2-5 cm; base cuneate; apex obtuse, acute, or short-acuminate; margin +-entire, or obscurely crenulate; nerves 4-8 pairs; petiole 5-7 mm. Inflorescences axillary, short, paniculate-cymose, or on an axillary brachyblast, 1-2 cm long. Peduncle very short (up to 3 mm) or 0. Bracts triangular, l/2-2/3 mm long, lacerate, with fimbriate colleters inside. Pedicels c. 5 mm. Calyx short-cupular, with fimbriate colleters attached at the base on the inner side and protruding beyond its margin, lobes spreading and separate from each other at anthesis, triangular, 0.5-1 mm long, acute, +-entire. Petals persistent (?), broad-oblong, rarely broad-elliptic, obtuse, entire or slightly erose, 2-2⅔ by 1.5-1 2/3 mm. Disk fleshy, flat, orbicular, c. 2 mm ø and c. 0.5 mm high, the tissue at the base slightly protruding outward like a thin rim. Stamens 3, c. 0.5 mm; anthers transversely dehiscent; free part of the pistil pyramidal, c. 0.5 mm high. Ovary 3-celled. Ovules 2 in each cell, attached at the upper inner angle. Immature fruit slightly triangular.
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