Cyphostemma rubroglandulosum Retief & A.e.van Wyk

Perennial, climbing, succulent herb. Stems with red, multicellular, glandular hairs, ribbed; tendrils present, leaf-opposed. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate; leaflets sessile or with petiolules up to 3 mm long, with multicellular eglandular and glandular hairs especially when young, margin unevenly toothed, larger teeth present at termination of principal lateral veins, apex acute; terminal leaflet obovate to broadly obovate, 80-125 x 50-75 mm; lateral leaflets ovate, 65-100 x 40-65 mm, base asymmetric; petiole 50-90 mm long, glandular-hairy. Stipules falcate, 5-6 mm long. Inflorescence a cyme in axil of a leaf, trichotomous; peduncle 40-60 mm long, clothed with glandular hairs; pedicels 2-4 mm long, with glandular and multicellular hairs; bracts c. 1-2 mm long, subulate, with multicellular hairs. Flowers 4-merous. Flower buds c. 3.5 mm long, oblong-cylindric, constricted at or near middle and inflated at apex. Calyx c. 1 mm long, cup-shaped, c. 2 mm across at widest part, with multicellular hairs. Petals yellow, inflated and hooded at apex, outside with multicellular hairs. Ovary with multicellular hairs; style c. 1 mm long, subulate; stigma subcapitate. Disc of 4 conical glands. Fruit a berry, purple when ripe, subglobose, c. 14 x 11 mm, with scattered, multicellular hairs, 1-seeded.