Description

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Growth Form: Lianas, woody.

Stems: Branchlets terete (cylindrical), with longitudinal ridges, sparsely pubescent, tendrils 3-5-branched.

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Leaves: Leaves compound (trifoliate). Alternate. Leaflets oval, 3-6 × 1.5-4 cm. Apex acute or obtuse. Base rounded, lateral leaflets with asymmetric and subrounded base. Surfaces abaxially pilose, adaxially with appressed hairs. Margins with 8-11 obtuse teeth on each side. Lateral veins 7 or 8 pairs, veinlets inconspicuously raised adaxially. Petioles 2.5-6 cm. Central petiolule 0.5-2.5 cm, lateral petiolules 4-8 mm, pilose;

Flowers: Compound dichasium axillary; peduncle 2-7.5 cm, pilose. Pedicel 1-3 mm, pubescent. Buds oval, 1.3-1.8 mm, apex rounded. Calyx 4, shallow and saucer-shaped, pilose, entire or undulate. Petals 4, elliptic, 1.3-1.8 mm, with gray papillose hairs. Anthers 4, oval. Ovary superior, lower part of ovary adnate to disk; style slender.

Fruit: Berries globose; 7-8 mm in diam.; 2- or 3-seeded. Seeds triangular; apex rounded; ventral holes obovate-elliptic upward 1/3 from base; ribs obtuse along margin; slightly raised.

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