Liana. Stipules triangular, c. 0.5-1 mm, erose or laciniate. Leaves coriaceous, rather shining above, ovate to ovate-oblong, elliptic-oblong, rarely obovate-oblong, 9-19 by 5-8.5 cm; base obtuse or cuneate; apex acute; margin entire; nerves 6-9 pairs; petiole ± terete, 1.25-2 cm. Flowers greenish, a few on an axillary brachyblast or short peduncle (c. 1.5 mm). Bracts triangular or deltoid, c. 1 mm long. Pedicels 2.5-4 mm. Calyx lobes ovate, 2-3 mm long, short-fimbriate. Petals ± oblong, thin coriaceous when dry, 6 by 4 mm, obtuse; margin rather thin, yellowish when dry. Disk fleshy, flat, c. 5 mm ø, ¾-1 mm high, 5-lobed. Stamens 3, c. 2 mm long; anthers transversely dehiscent. Free part of the pistil pyramidal, c. 1 mm high. Ovary 3-celled. Ovules 4-5 in each cell.
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