A slender, glabrous climber. Leaves oblong to ovate, 5—12 cm x 3—7 cm, coriaceous, glabrous, domatia sparsely hairy, petiole 5—15 mm long, stipules deeply bifid, of plagiotropic branches 6—10 mm long, of orthotropic shoot up to 30 mm long, inside hairy. Flowering head up to 20—25(—35) mm in diameter, not subtended by foliaceous bracts, receptacle densely hairy, interfloral bracteoles numerous, filiform; flowers small, yellowish-white, subsessile, calyx 1 mm long, pubescent, lobes oblong, 0.5—1 mm long, corolla tube slender, 6—8(—10) mm long, lobes oblong, 1.5—2.5 mm long, outside glabrous or slightly pubescent. Capsule oblong, 6—10 mm x 2—3 mm, pubescent. |
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