Plants with tuberous rhizome(?); dioecious; hairs not glandular. Probract absent. Tendrils coiling both below and above point of branching. Leaves: blade simple, unlobed. Male inflorescences racemose (sometimes ± branched), bracteate. Male flowers: receptacle-tube cup-shaped, about as long as wide or longer than wide; petals free, longer than sepals, creamy or greenish white; stamens 5 (3), inserted below the throat of the receptacle, two pairs with filaments connate at base, one stamen solitary, thecae somewhat curved, glabrous, filaments short; basal adaxial scales absent; disc at base of receptacle conspicuous, 3-parted. Female flowers in a few-flowered raceme; staminodes present. Fruit globose, c. 4 cm diam., pulp not sweet tasting. Seeds of medium size, ± compressed, smooth, margin faint.
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