High climbing or creeping liana, up to 25 m. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, ca 8-13 by 3½-6 cm, rather coriaceous, bright glossy green above, not scabrid, with acuminate apex. Petiole 5-7 mm. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, few-(usually 5-8)-flowered, up to 8 by 6 cm. Flowers ca 2½-3 cm diam. Sepals 4, 8-10 by 6-8 mm, glabrous outside, densely sericeous on the centre inside. Petals 3-4, white or greenish white. Stamens 7-8 mm long; anther cells reaching each other at the apex. Carpels 3-4, with ca 10 ovules. Capsules globular, ca 10 mm diam., with a 1-3 mm long beak, 1-2-seeded. Seeds 3 by 2 mm. Aril 6 mm long, fimbriate for ½-¾ of its length.
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