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Somewhat woody, twining, completely glabrous liane; stem and branches succulent. Leaves with slender petiole 3–5 cm. long; blade triangular-orbicular to orbicular, rarely reniform, acuminate to obtuse at apex, entire or with the margins slightly undulate, 4.5–6.5 cm. long and wide, membranous; basal nerves 10–12, palmate. Male inflorescences of false umbels of subglobular cymes, usually arising from leafless stems, 1–2.5 cm. in diameter; peduncles and pedicels very short. Male flowers with 6 obovate-incurved, single-nerved sepals 1.5–2 mm. long and 1–1.5 mm. wide; petals 3–5, broadly subreniform, 0.6–1 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. wide, fleshy; synandrium 6–9-locular, 1.2–1.6 mm. in diameter, on a stipe 0.5–1 mm. long. Female inflorescences similar to the ♂. Female flowers unknown. Drupes subreniform, 4–6 mm. long; exocarp like a thin skin, red when alive; endocarp transversely ribbed and furrowed. Seeds 5–7 mm. long.