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Liane. Leaf-lamina 5-20 x 3-10 cm., ovate-lanceolate, ovate-oblong or broadly ovate, subcordate to rounded or somewhat obtuse at the base, obtuse to acute or acuminate at the apex, papery or coriaceous, glabrous, nerves in 3-5 pairs, sometimes sparsely puberulous beneath, petiole 1.5-5 cm. long, slender, puberulous or glabrescent. Male inflorescences either of axillary solitary cymules on peduncles 1-1.2 cm. long, or of 3-9-flowered cymules arranged in false racemes which are axillary or springing from the old stems, solitary or clustered, up to 15 cm. long; axes and peduncles puberulous. Male flowers with 6-9 sepals, the 3-6 outer ones 0.8-1.5 x 0.8-1.5 mm., triangular to orbicular, thickened and ciliolate, the 3 inner 3.5-4 x 1.8-2.3 mm., obovate-elliptic; petals 6, 1.5-2.5 mm. long, clawed, thickened on the margins; stamens 3.5 mm. long, exserted, free or slightly united at the base. Female inflorescences similar to the male. Female flowers with 6-9 sepals, the outer 1.2 mm. long, lanceolate to ovate, the inner 2.5 mm. in diam., suborbicular; petals (5) 6, 1-1.5 mm. long; carpels 8-12, c. 1 mm. long. Drupelets 5-7 mm. long; obovoid to nearly globose; stipe 1.5-3 mm. long.
A creeper or woody climber. It can be 20 m long. The leaf blade is 5-20 cm long by 3-10 cm wide. They are broadly oval and have 3-5 veins from the base. They are dark green. They taper to the tip. The leaf stalk has a swelling and a bend below the leaf blade. The flowers are in clusters on the old stems. Male and female flowers are on separate plants. The flowers are white and 2.5 mm across. The fruit are fleshy and 5-7 mm long.
Leaf-lamina 5–20 x 3–10 cm., ovate-lanceolate, ovate-oblong or broadly ovate, subcordate to rounded or somewhat obtuse at the base, obtuse to acute or acuminate at the apex, papery or coriaceous, glabrous, nerves in 3–5 pairs, sometimes sparsely puberulous beneath, petiole 1.5–5 cm. long, slender, puberulous or glabrescent.
Male flowers with 6–9 sepals, the 3–6 outer ones 0.8–1.5 x 0.8–1.5 mm., triangular to orbicular, thickened and ciliolate, the 3 inner 3.5–4 x 1.8–2.3 mm., obovate-elliptic; petals 6, 1.5–2.5 mm. long, clawed, thickened on the margins; stamens 3.5 mm. long, exserted, free or slightly united at the base.
Male inflorescences either of axillary solitary cymules on peduncles 1–1.2 cm. long, or of 3–9-flowered cymules arranged in false racemes which are axillary or springing from the old stems, solitary or clustered, up to 15 cm. long; axes and peduncles puberulous.
Female flowers with 6–9 sepals, the outer 1.2 mm. long, lanceolate to ovate, the inner 2.5 mm. in diam., suborbicular; petals (5) 6, 1–1.5 mm. long; carpels 8–12, c. 1 mm. long.
Climber, Leaves ovate, 3-5-nerved, coriaceous, petiole with a swelling where it joins the lamina. Flowers white.
Drupelets 5–7 mm. long; obovoid to nearly globose; stipe 1.5–3 mm. long.
Female inflorescences similar to the male.
Liane.
