Liane with stem up to 15 cm. in diameter at ground-level; young branchlets slender, puberulous.. Leaves with petiole 0.2–1 cm. long; blade oblong-lanceolate, sometimes ovate in the lower leaves, base broadened, cuneate, ± rounded or trilobed-hastate, apex obtuse and mucronulate or sometimes emarginate, 1.3–5 cm. long, 0.5–1.8 cm. wide, usually glabrous or very slightly puberulous on both sides; basal nerves 3.. Male inflorescences of many-flowered, axillary, fasciculate or ± congested cymules, rarely solitary, (0.5–1.5) 2 cm. long; peduncles up to 1.3 cm. long; pedicels short or absent.. Male flowers with ovate-elliptic, ± fleshy to membranous sepals thickened at base, the 3 outer 1–1.5 mm. long, 0.4–0.7 mm. wide, sparsely puberulous and ciliate, the 3 inner larger, puberulous to glabrous; petals subovate to obovate, 0.7–2 mm. long, 0.5–1 mm. wide; stamens 0.8–1.5 mm. long.. Female inflorescences of few-flowered, solitary or clustered cymules 0.7–1.3 cm. long; pedicels up to 1 cm. long; bracteoles 1 or 2, 0.5 mm. long.. Female flowers with staminodes 0.5–1 mm. long; carpels 0.8–1 mm. long.. Drupes 4–7 mm. long and 4–5 mm. wide; endocarp ribbed on the lateral faces and without a prominent dorsal crest; septum of the condyle not perforated.
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A climbing plant or shrub that lies along the ground. It can climb 15 m high. The stem can be 15 cm across at the base. The bark is dark grey and striped. The leaves are simple and arranged in spirals. The leaf blade is 2-5 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. The flowers are small and of separate sexes. They are pale yellow. The fruit is made up of 3 flattened fleshy fruit with stones containing seeds. Each section is 4-7 mm long by 4-5 mm wide. They are dark red.
Semi-desert scrub vegetation or deciduous bushland, sometimes in shady localities along streams, climbing on trees such as Acacia and Balanites spp., up to 1,900 metres. Found on sandy and gravelly soils, sometimes colonizes dry fallow land.
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A tropical plant. It grows in desert regions. It can be in shade. It grows in the drier regions of West Africa. It grows between 350-1,500 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
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