Scandent shrub c. 4 m. Leaves subcoriaceous to coriaceous, rather shining when dry, elliptic or broad-elliptic, or ovate, 8.5-14(-20.5) by 4.5-7(-11¼) cm; base rounded; apex short acuminate; margin entire; nerves 5-7 pairs; petiole 8-15 mm. Inflorescences cymose or umbelliform, 2.5 cm long. Peduncle 4-10 mm, sometimes obscure, the flowers appearing in fascicles on very short, densely bracteolate brachyblasts. Bracts triangular, 2/3-1 mm long, slightly erose. Pedicels 6-14 mm. Calyx slightly concave at the base outside, enveloping the floral parts except the top at very young stage, saucer-shaped at the base of the mature flower, 2½-3 mm ø, margin ± truncate, slightly erose or short-fringed, rarely irregularly lobed and reflexed. Petals ovate or broad-elliptic, 3-4 by 2-2½ mm, slightly erose. Disk fleshy, annular-pulvinate, 1½-2 mm ø, c. 1 mm high, slightly contracted at the middle, papillose. Stamens 3, ⅔-2 mm; anthers transversely dehiscent. Pistil 1-1⅓ mm emerging from the disk. Ovary 3-celled. Ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous. Fruit depressed-globose, c. 3 cm ø. Seeds subglobose, c. 1½ cm ø.
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