Glabrous shrub or liane to 12 m.. Latex threads present.. Stems terete or slightly flattened, smooth, becoming greyish or dark brown.. Leaves opposite or subopposite, petiolate; petiole 7–15(–25) mm. long; blade coriaceous, glossy green above, dull and paler below, usually broadly elliptic, 8.5–15.5(–25) cm. long, 4.5–9.5(–12) cm. wide, bluntly acuminate, abruptly cuneate to nearly rounded at the base, with fine but conspicuous reticulate venation beneath; margin entire or very obscurely and remotely dentate.. Inflorescence glabrous, consisting of axillary sessile or shortly pedunculate fascicles; bracts broadly ovate, 0.5–1 mm. long, fimbriate, persistent; pedicels 7–15 mm. long at anthesis, articulated at the base.. Buds subglobose or ovoid, 2–4 mm. long.. Flowers greenish or yellow, ± 7–11 mm. in diameter.. Sepals free, membranous, broadly ovate or semicircular, very unequal, the largest ± 2 mm. long, rounded, with an erose margin.. Petals ovate-elliptic or oblong, 4–5 mm. long, rounded, usually ± entire, reflexed at anthesis.. Disc a 2 mm. diameter subcylindrical or slightly conical fleshy structure with a narrow, somewhat 5-lobed rim at the base.. Stamens with the filaments ± 2–3 mm. long, flat, narrowed gradually from base to apex.. Ovary somewhat trigonous, with the style ± 1.5 mm. long; stigma punctiform; ovules 4 per locule.. Fruit reddish, ± globose, 2.5–5 cm. in diameter, rugose or warted.
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A woody climber. It is a shrub with stems 4-12 m long. They can be erect or climbing. The main stem is 7 cm across. The flowers are in dense clusters. The fruit are round and orange. They have ridges. The fruit are 3-5 cm across.
The leaves dark glossy green above, paler below
Flowers green or yellowish green
Evergreen forest and forest margins; riparian and flooded forests; secondary forests; thickets on road-sides, sometimes frequent; forest with Triplochiton scleroxylon; from near sea-level to 1,300 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in evergreen forest. It can be along rivers and in flooded forests. It grows from near sea level to 1,300 m above sea level.
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