Frutex alte scandens. Rami sulcati et crebre lenticellosi. Ramuli teretes laeves. Folia (adumbrata?) opposita, petiolus 12 mm longus, lamina glabra, elliptica, acuminata, 11—17 cm longa, 6—7½cm lata, firme chartacea; nervi secundarii 9 paria, arcuata, ante marginem coniuncta, subtus conspicua. Inflorescentia feminea cauliflora, in statu fructifero 9 cm longa, axis 5 mm crassa; pedunculus brevis (8 mm), colla initio infundibuliformia, postea ad 1 cm explanata; flores feminei pulvinibus densis pilorum immersi, lactei et roseo-suffusi, acute ovoidei, apice sursum curvati; involucrum externum carnosum, 4 mm longum, 2 mm latum, ½ mm crassum, medium conicum, tenue, 2 mm longum, 1 mm latum, intemum chartaceum, ampullaceum, basi (nucellum amplectente) 1½ mm altum, 0,8 mm latum, in tubillum apicalem, 2 mm ex externo exsertum, apice fissum prolongatum. Fructus acute ovoidei, leviter sursum curvati, 35 mm longi, 18 mm lati; involucrum externum carnosum, in sicco 1 mm crassum, medium durum, nitidum, transverse fibrosum, 1 mm crassum, intemum chartaceum, nitidum; nucellus cum embryone 25 mm longus, 8 mm latus, acute ovoideus. NORD-BORNEO. Sarawak: Sungei Selentang (Flussgebiet des Kapit), Bena, Sut, Rejang. Clay rich alluvium by stream, primary forest, c. 15 m alt. 80 ft tall 3 in. girth, woody climber, flower cream flushed with pink. Vernacular name (Iban): Layah. Fr. 22-4-1963 — leg. P.S. Ashton S. 17804.