stems glabrous, slender, woody, terete, unarmed, copiously branched, sarmentose; branchlets flexuose; leaves alternate, sessile, ovate, acute, 2–3 in. long, firm in texture, green, glossy, broadly rounded at the base, furnished with a distinct midrib and 5–7 strongly marked vertical veins on each side of it, connected by close distinct cross-veinlets; flowers in simple or slightly compound cymes from the axils of the upper leaves; bracts persistent, scariose, ovate-anceolate; pedicels 1/3 in. long, articulated at the apex; perianth greenish, 1/3 in. long; segments 1/4 as long as the tube; stamens and style not exserted beyond the tip of the perianth-segments; berry 1/3– 1/2 in. diam. null