Faradaya splendida F.Muell.

Liana to 25 m tall. Stem 25–150 mm diameter; internodes round, glabrous to scabrous, smooth, sometimes covered in glandular secretions. Leaves decussate or ternate, cartilaginous to subcoriaceous, sometimes shiny; blade ovate to elliptic, 90–290 mm long, 52–162 mm wide, apex acute to acuminate, base cordate to rounded, glabrous to scabrous at base and midvein; venation 3-palmate at base; large glands round to oval, crater-like, 0.2–2.2 mm long, 0.6–1.6 mm wide, brownish at base, few; petiole 15–80 mm long, 1.2–3 mm wide, half-terete in cross section, glabrous to scabrous on abaxial surface; glands round, 0.12–0.32 mm diameter, raised, covered or partly covered. Inflorescence 62–350 mm long, 25 mm wide, axillary or terminal, determinate double thyrse with decussate bracts, erect, glabrous to covered with patent trichomes; glands crater-like, 0.06–0.7 mm diameter, few. Calyx campanulate, linear to bulbous, 8–23 mm long, 4–8 mm wide, 1–4 lobes, split irregularly during flowering, erect during flowering, persistent, fleshy to membranous, greenish white to pale green, glabrous to covered with patent transparent trichomes, erect when fruiting; lobes 7–25 mm long, 4–11 mm wide, 0.1–1 mm thick, apex acute to acuminate or mucronate; glands round, crater-like, 0.06–0.9 mm diameter, outside brown, few. Corolla narrowly infundibular, 22–76 mm long, up to 450 mm wide; tube 10–40 mm long, 2–7 mm wide; abaxially glabrous or middle to apex with few multicellular transparent trichomes, white or greenish-white, sweet scented; lobes spathulate to oblong, 5–54 mm long, 6–25 mm wide at base, 8–33 mm wide at apex, erect, apex entire to lobed or emarginate to up to 10 mm. Stamens filaments 16–75 mm long, 0.3–1 mm wide, usually equal, situated in upper third of the tube, exserted to greatly exserted, white; trichomes 0.3–1 mm long, from base to middle part, absent to abundant, multicellular, transparent, patent; anthers 2.5–4 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, glabrous, brownish; pollen white or yellowish orange to yellow. Ovary lobes round, 1–2 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, velutinous to glabrous, light green, sometimes with crater-like glands; style 45–80 mm long, 0.6–1 mm wide, glabrous, white; stigma triangular, 2-lobed, 0.2–1.5 mm long. Disk 0.5–1.4 mm long, 1.6–3.5 mm wide, glabrous, light green. Fruit ellipsoid to ovoid, falcate, white to pale or creamy yellow; fresh mericarp 55–70 mm long, 45–55 mm wide; dry mericarp 38–60 mm long, 18.2–30 mm wide, 17–30 mm thick, sparingly scabrous; glands round, 1–1.5 mm diameter; seed coat 1–3 mm thick, with 2 mm high irregular ridges. Seed smooth.

A tropical plant. It can grow in the subtropics. It does best in rich moist soils. The soils need to be well drained. It needs a protected partly shaded position. It is damaged by drought and frost. It grows naturally in the lowland and upland rainforest. In tropical Queensland it grows from sea level to 1000 m altitude.

The stripped outer bark containing sapotoxin is used as a fish poison by indigenous Australians. The middle layer of the bark is carefully scraped off and rubbed onto stones previously heated by fire. The stones are then thrown into a creek or a little lagoon, with fatal results to all fish and other aquatic animals. Used as an ornamental climber which can be grown in tropical and subtropical regions.

Plants can be grown from seed or by cuttings. Seed should be sown fresh. They germinate readily.