Bejuco De Agua

Description

They are small to large lianas , with branches glabrous to stiff; Hermaphrodite plants . Leaves ovate-suborbicular to obovate, 7-16 cm long and 6-10.5 cm wide, round or shortly acuminate at apex, broadly attenuated to rounded at base, occurring on the petiole, whole or very rarely sawed margins, With 7-10 pairs of lateral nerves, smooth, sturdy along the nerves on the underside, coriaceous, not rough; Petioles winged, 1.5-2.5 cm long. Inflorescences paniculata, axillary, 3-5 cm long, stiff; Flowers ca 0.5 cm wide; Sepals 3-4, subequal, 3-5 mm long, glabrous; Petals 3, obovate, 4-5 mm long, white to cream; Stamens 25-30, longer than the sepals; Carpels 2, 1-locular, 2 styles, 1-2 mm long, pellet stigma. Fruits d-dimos, 5 mm long and 8 mm wide, subglobular locules, connate above, smooth and glabrous; seeds (1-) 2 carpel, ca 3 mm diameter, smooth, black, aryl orange.