Slender liana-like shrub; stems often entangled among other vegetation; leaves opposite, simple, leaves narrowly elliptic, sometimes oblanceolate, base acute, margin entire, apex attenuate; inflorescence a sessile globose cluster in the leaf axil; corolla white; multiple fruit yellow.
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- fruits (photographed in Merida)
- fruit (photographed in Merida)
Standley (1930) reports diverse medicinal uses as a diuretic, laxative, astringent agent, to treat jaundice and as a general tonic for the digestive system.