Description: Woody vine; branches sparsely strigose, glabrescent, sometimes slightly scabrid. Leaves elliptic to oblong, mostly 6–10 by 3–5 cm; apex rounded to obtuse; base obtuse to acute; blade slightly scabrid; petioles 0.7–1 cm. Panicle terminal, to 20 cm long, up to 80-flowered; flowers 0.8–1 cm across; pedicels 3–7 mm long. Sepals 5, 2 outer ones ca 5 by 3.5 mm, 3 inner ones ca 7 by 5 mm, persistent but not enlarged in fruit. Petals 3, white or pink, ovate-oblong, ca 5 by 2.5 mm. Stamens numerous, 4–5 mm long. Carpels (2–)3, glabrous, with 8–16 ovules; style slightly longer than stamens, persistent. Follicles ovoid, 7–8 by 5–6 mm, acute with ca 2 mm long beak, dehiscent. Seeds 1–2, globular, 2–3 mm in diameter; arils red, fleshy, laciniate, up to 6 mm long. |
