Freycinetia scandens Gaudich.

Dioecious or rarely monoecious. Stems to 10 mm diam.; internodes to 2 cm long. Leaves spreading; auricles to 3 cm long, ± denticulate near apex, ± translucent when young, caducous or persistent as a few longitudinal fibres; blade broadly linear to narrowly elliptic or narrowly obovate, mostly 8–13 cm long, 10–30 (–52) mm wide, acuminate to shortly caudate, thinly coriaceous; margins denticulate at leaf apex, sometimes with prickles in lower half; midrib unarmed or very sparsely prickly. Inflorescence with outer bracts leafy, reddish in lower half; inner bracts fleshy, reddish; innermost bracts deltoid, to c. 5 cm long, usually cream or white. Male spikes 3 or 4; peduncles c. 2 cm long; fertile portion obloid, to c. 3 (–10) cm long; filaments c. 1 mm long; anthers c. 0.5 mm long. Female spikes 1–3 (–4); fruiting heads ± shortly cylindric or ellipsoid, (1.6–) 3–6.5 cm long, orange to red; berry 3–7 mm diam., with apex shortly conical to pyramidal; stigmas 2 or 3 (–4).

It is a tropical plant. It grows naturally in the rainforest and in mixed forest. It requires a shady position. It needs plenty of water year round.

The ripe fruit are eaten but burn the mouth.

It can be grown from cuttings or by division of the plant. It can also be grown from very fresh seed.