Small shrub, most often climbing, up to 4 m.. Branches divaricate, twining, with blackish bark and numerous bright lenticels, young shoots sometimes glandular.. Leaves opposite, rarely alternate; petiole 1–2 mm. long; leaf-blade ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, (14–)24–38(–52) mm. long, (9–)14–20(–25) mm. wide, acute or apiculate, subcoriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves parallel.. Flowers white or cream, axillary, solitary or fascicled, pendulous; pedicel 2–10(–14) mm. long, usually glandular; bracts ± 1 mm. long, ciliate.. Calyx-tube 11–16 mm. long, glabrous; lobes oblong, 4–5 mm. long, 1.5–2.5 mm. wide, inner slightly smaller, glabrous.. Petals not ciliate.. Stamens of the upper whorl slightly exceeding the petals.. Ovary glabrous; style 5–8 mm. long.. Fruit glabrous, orange, 11–14(–18) mm. long, 6–9 mm. wide.. Fig. 2/7–12.
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A small shrub. It can be a climber. It grows 4 m long. The branches twine around other plants. The bark is black with lighter breathing pores. The stems come from tuberous swollen roots. The leaves are opposite and oval. They are 2-5 cm long. The base is rounded. The flowers are white or cream. They have a sweet scent at night. There can be one or more flowers in the axils of leaves. The fruit are berries. They are 1 cm long. They are orange when ripe. The seed has a black lobe at the end.
Dry evergreen forest edges, Brachystegia woodland, coastal and secondary bushland or thicket, at elevations from sea level to 900 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. In Tanzania it grows between sea level and 900 m above sea level.
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