Scandent shrub. Branches glabrous. Leaves elliptic to obovate, ca 5-9 by 2-4 cm, rather coriaceous, bright glossy green above, not scabrid, with acuminate apex. Petiole 3-8 mm. Inflorescence axillary, 1-5-, usually 3-flowered. Flower ca 2½ cm diam. Sepals ca 9 by 6 mm, glabrous to sparsely sericeous inside. Petals 4. Stamens 5 mm long; Anthercells reaching each other at the apex. Carpels with ca 10 ovules. Capsule ovoid, ca 15 by 10 mm with a 2-3 mm long beak, 1-3-seeded. Seeds 3-4 by 2-3 mm. Aril 5 mm long, laciniate to about halfway its length.
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