Chasmanthera welwitschii Troupin

A woody creeper. It grows 30 m long. The branches are hairy and hang down. The leaves are alternate and simple and very hairy. The leaf stalk is 12-14 cm long. The leaf blade is almost round or 5 angled. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves and these hang down. Male and female flowers are separate. The fruit are 3 fleshy sections join together. They are 1.2 cm long by 1 cm wide. There is one seed in each section.

Rainforests. Dense evergreen and semi-deciduous humid forest, in gallery forest, humid secondary forest and bush fallow at low to medium elevations.

The pulp of the fruit is eaten raw.

Can be grown by seedlings.