Liana. Stipules triangular, c. 1 mm long. Leaves chartaceous to thin-coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, 15-24 by 6-10 cm; base cuneate or obtuse; apex acuminate; margin ± entire or slightly crenulate; nerves 6-9 pairs; petiole 8-10 mm. Bracts triangular, c. 1½ mm long. Pedicels 1 1/3-2 cm. Flowers green, in axillary fascicles. Calyx lobes suborbicular or sometimes triangular, 2-2.25 by 2-3 mm, slightly erose. Petals rather fleshy, suborbicular, or broad-obovate, 4-6 by 4-6 mm, slightly contracted at the base; margin rather thin, yellowish (when dry), wavy. Disk fleshy, flat, suborbicular, sometimes slightly 5-lobed, 3.5-4.5 mm ø, c. 0.5 mm high. Stamens 3, c. 2 mm; anthers transverse-dehiscent. Pistil c. 1 mm emerging from the disk. Ovary 3-celled. Ovules 2 in each cell.
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