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Liana, 0.3-2.0 m high, stems green, slender. Leaves subreniform, base ± broadly cordate; petioles pulvinate at base, geniculate, slender, ± 85 mm long. Inflorescences axillary; male flowers cymose, peduncles ± 70 mm long; female flowers, 1-4, peduncles up to 100 mm long. Male flowers: pedicels variable in length; corolla cup-or saucershaped. Female flowers: pedicels variable in length; sepals membranous, glabrous. Flowering time July-Nov. Drupe obovate.
Leaf-lamina 2–7 x 2–9 cm., subreniform, sometimes ovate-orbicular, generally auriculate and attenuate near the petiole or ± broadly cordate at the base, obtuse or rounded at the apex, discolorous, slightly pubescent or glabrescent on both sides but with a few yellowish hairs at the base of the nerves, nerves 3–5-palmate, petiole 2–7 cm. long, generally inserted at the base of the lamina or very near (1 mm.).
Male flowers with 4 sepals 1–1.2 x 0.5–0.7 mm., ovate-elliptic or obovate, slightly connate at the base, glabrous, 1-nerved; petals 4, very often connate into a cup-shaped corolla, sometimes imperfectly connate and one petal free or the cup-shaped corolla once or twice deeply indented; synandrium 4-locular, ± 1 mm. long.
A climbing plant. The stems are slender and twining. The leaves are kidney shaped to rounded at the tip. They are 2-7 cm long by 2-9 cm wide. The flowers are greenish-white. The fruit is fleshy, and a flattened round shape. It is 4-7 mm long by 3-5 mm wide. The seeds are 6-8 mm long.
Female flowers generally with 2 sepals, sometimes 3 or 4, 1.5 x 0.5 mm., glabrous, 1-nerved; petals very often 2, sometimes 3 or 4, 0.5–0.7 x 0.5–1.5 mm., more or less fleshy, glabrous; carpel 1–1.2 mm. long; stigma 3-fid.
Dioecious, glabrescent, wiry vine. Leaves glaucous, discolorous, reniform on long petioles. Flowers supra-axillary above a hairy gland, green, male cymose, female solitary or spicate.
Climber with slender, twining stems. Branchlets sparsely pilose or glabrescent. Leaves subreniform, rounded at apex, auriculate and attenuate at base. Flowers greenish white.
Male inflorescences of axillary cymes, solitary or two together; peduncle and pedicels sparsely pubescent to glabrescent; bract linear, 0.5 mm. long.
Female inflorescences of cymes of 1–4-flowered cymules 2–10 cm. long; pedicels 0.3–1 cm. long.
Drupe obovate-compressed, 4–7 x 3–5 mm.
Liane, sparsely hairy to glabrescent.
Seeds 6–8 mm. long.
