Climbing and sprawling shrub. Stipules triangular, c. 0.5 mm long, entire. Leaves subcoriaceous, shining above and rather dull beneath, elliptic-or slightly ovate-oblong, 8-15 by 3-7 cm; base cuneate, slightly obtuse, or rarely rounded; apex acuminate; margin subentire, sparsely and slightly crenulate; nerves 5-6 pairs; petiole 1-1.5 cm. Inflorescences paniculate-cymose, on axillary bra-chyblasts, up to 2 cm long. Peduncle obscure. Bracts deltoid or ± reniform, 1-1.5 mm long, with laciniate or subulate colleters inserted at the base on the inner side, margin laciniate or fimbriate. Pedicels 3-4 mm. Calyx lobes ± reniform, 0.5-1 mm long, entire. Petals broad-elliptic, or-oblong, 3-3½ by 2-2.25 mm, entire, slightly contracted at the base. Disk fleshy, orbicular, flattened, ± convex at the central part, 1.5-2 mm ø, 0.5 mm high, when dried with a thin yellowish rim. Stamens 3, c. 0.75 mm; anthers transversely dehiscent. Pistil c. 1/3 mm emerging from the disk. Ovary 3-celled. Ovules 4 in each cell, attached at the top inner angle.
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