Adenia wightiana Engl.

A climber. It grows 8 m long. It has a tuberous rootstock. The leaves are grey-green and can be deeply lobed with 3-5 lobes. They are 12 cm long by 11 cm wide. There can be teeth long the edge. The flower stalks are 2-15 cm long. The male flowers can be in groups of 30 and the female flowers in groups of 2-6. There are tendrils. There are 1-2 fruit per flower. They are oval and 2-3 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. They are red. There are 10-25 seeds.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in dry deciduous forest.

The ripe fruit are eaten. CAUTION: The roots and fruits are reported as poisonous.