Shrubby creeper. Stipules deltoid or triangular, 1/3-1/2 mm long. Leaves subcoriaceous, shining, elliptic-oblong, sometimes broad-elliptic, rarely obovate-oblong, (4-)7-16.5 by (2.5-)3.25-7 cm; base cuneate, or obtuse; apex acuminate to short-cuspidate; margin subentire; nerves 5-8 pairs; petiole 3-7 mm. Bracts triangular, c. 0.5 mm long, slightly erose, with filiform or laciniate colleters attached on the inner surface. Pedicels rather stout, 8-13 mm, with elastic threads shown on breaking. Flowers waxy pale green, or ochraceous yellow, sometimes greenish yellow, usually 1 or 2 in a leaf axil. Calyx lobes fleshy, triangular or semi-orbicular, c. 1 mm long, slightly erose. Petals rather fleshy, ovate, broad-ovate, or elliptic, 4.5-6 by 2.5-4 mm, obtuse, entire. Disk conical-pulvinate, c. 3 mm ø, 1.5-2 mm high, truncate at the apex. Stamens 3, 1-1.5 mm; anthers transversely dehiscent. Pistil 0.5-1.75 mm emerging from the disk, pyramidal. Ovary 3-celled. Ovules 2 in each cell, attached at the central part of axis. Fruit (only a piece of cross-section seen) c. 4 cm ø (c. 6 cm long,flde RIDLEY). Seeds several in each fruit, ± oblong, c. 3 cm long, ± triangular on cross-section, c. 2 cm wide.
Lowland forests, in ravines, sometimes on hilly rocks, up to 300 m.
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