Scandent shrub. Stipules triangular, sometimes obliquely inserted just below the articulation of the petiole. Leaves subcoriaceous, elliptic-or ovate-oblong to lanceolate, 7-20 by 2⅓-8⅓ cm; base obtuse, acute; apex acuminate; margin entire but undulate, sometimes sparsely crenulate; nerves 6-8 pairs; petiole 0.75-1 1/3 mm. Inflorescences axillary, dichotomously cymose, 3¼-5 cm long. Peduncle 1.75-3 cm. Bracts ovate, 2-3 mm long, obtuse. Pedicels 2-5 mm. Flower-buds broad-ovoid, 3-5 by 2.5-3½ mm, gradually narrowed towards the obtuse top. Flowers yellowish green. Calyx calyptriform, splitting transversely near the base. Petals 5(-7), ovate to ovate-oblong, or oblong, 3-6½ by 2-2¼ mm, entire, or the innermost one or two slightly irregularly lobed at the upper half. Disk annular-pulvinate, 2½-3 mm ø, 1¼-1¾ mm high, slightly broader at the base. Stamens 3, 1-3 mm, slightly apiculate, erect at anthesis; anthers obliquely dehiscent. Pistil c. 1⅓ mm emerging from the disk. Ovary 3-celled. Ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit globose, c. 2½ cm ø, 1-seeded (always?). Seed subglobose, c. 2 cm ø, with reticular meshes on the rather smooth inner surface of the pericarp.
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