Woody climber to 12 m.; young stems rough, soon becoming thickened and woody with rough-ridged mauve-grey or brownish bark; older stems up to 100 mm. across, ridged, rough-papillate on ridges, with pale greyish coral-like bark.. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets sessile, unlobed or palmately ± 3-lobed; middle leaflet 16–38 mm. long, 4–30 mm. broad, ovate or rhombic, cuneate, sinuate-toothed, minutely scabrid-punctate or hispidulous; lateral leaflets similar but ± unequal-based; petiole 9–28 mm. long.. Tendrils simple.. Dioecious.. Male flowers in shortly racemose clusters of 6–50 or more, often borne on leafless stems; pedicels 3–5 mm. long; receptacle-tube 1.5–1.8 mm. long, densely hairy inside at the mouth; lobes triangular, 1 mm. long; petals greenish-yellow, 2–3 mm. long, 1.2–2 mm. broad; stamens 5, shortly inserted.. Female flowers 1–8 in clusters, often borne on leafless stems; pedicels 1–3 mm. long; ovary hispid, pyriform, sulcate, 2.5–5 mm. long, 1.5–2.5 mm. across; receptacle-tube 1.5 mm. long, densely hairy inside at the mouth; lobes triangular to lanceolate, 1–1.5 mm. long; petals 2–2.7 mm. long, 2–2.2 mm. broad.. Fruits 1–7, clustered, on 1–3 mm. long stalks, often borne on leafless stems, pyriform-conical, shortly rough-hairy, distinctly sulcate, beaked, fleshy, 10–15 mm. long, 8–10 mm. across.. Seeds pyriform, smooth, slightly curved, 6 × 3 × 2.5 mm.. Fig. 23/8–10, p. 132.
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A climbing plant. It loses its leaves during the year. The stems are light grey and have ridges. They are rough and have tendrils. The leaves are 5 cm long and have 3 leaflets. There are teeth around the edges. Male and female flowers are separate. There are many male flowers and a few female flowers. They are born in clusters. The fruit are in clusters of 1-7. They are cone shaped and roughly hairy. They have grooves They are 2 cm long and fleshy.
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