Scandent or rarely erect shrub, or vine. Stipules small, triangular. Leaves chartaceous, usually spirally arranged, sometimes also associated with opposite or subopposite ones, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, sometimes ovate-oblong, 5-14 by 2-6½ cm; base attenuate; apex acuminate; margin slightly crenulate to subentire; nerves 5-9 pairs; petiole 3-5 mm. Bracts triangular, c. 2/3 mm long, slightly erose. Pedicels 4-9 mm. Flowers in fascicles on axillary, bracteate brachyblasts. Calyx lobes triangular, ⅓ mm long, glandular or erose on the margin. Petals broad-elliptic, or ovate, 1⅔-2⅓ by 1 1/3-1.5 mm, obtuse. Disk annular-pulvinate, ½-⅔ mm thick, c. 1 mm ø, slightly broader at the base, papillose. Stamens 3, ⅔ mm; anthers transversely dehiscent. Pistil 1/3-1/2 emerging from the disk. Ovary 3-celled. Ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit globose, c. 2 cm ø, 1-seeded. Seeds globose, c. 1.5 cm ø, covered with dried pulp.
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A shrub or vine. It lies along the ground but can be erect. The fruit is round and fleshy with a stone inside. The fruit is 2 cm across. It has one seed.
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