Freycinetia percostata Merr. & L.M.Perry

Dioecious. Stems to 20 (–30) mm diam.; internodes short. Leaves imbricate; auricles usually 3–7 cm long, ± glossy, with a rounded or narrowly deltoid apical lobe to 15 mm long, denticulate-spinulose on lobe margin, persistent with persistent leaf bases; blade linear-attenuate, (38–) 60–80 cm long, (14–) 20–35 mm wide, stiffly coriaceous; margins with prickles along whole length; midrib usually minutely prickly along whole length. Inflorescence with outer bracts leafy; innermost bracts deltoid-attenuate, to 20 cm long, yellow-orange to salmon pink. Male spikes with peduncles c. 3 cm long; fertile portion obloid, 6–9 cm long; filaments c. 1 mm long; anthers c. 0.8–1 mm long. Female spikes 3 or 4; fruiting heads cylindric, usually 14–21 (–30) cm long, 2.5–4 (–5) cm diam.; berry (4–) 6–10 mm diam., laterally compressed at apex, red; stigmas (4–) 8–12 (–20), in 2 rows.

It is a tropical plant. It needs a shady location. It needs a sturdy tree trunk to climb. It grows naturally in rainforests in NE Queensland in Australia. It grows from sea level to 450 m altitude.

The flesh is edible in small amounts but it may sting the mouth and throat.

Plants can be grown from cuttings.