Lepistemon owariense (P.Beauv.) Hallier F.

A robust twining herb. It grows 3 m high. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems are covered with long yellow brown bristly hairs. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are heart shaped and up to 15 cm long. There can be small lobes or large teeth. There are many flowers in a group. The flower tube is white. The fruit is an oval capsule.

Lowland rainforest, riverine forest, thickets, savannah woodland, wasteland and as a weed in cultivated fields, at elevations from sea-level up to 1,400 metres.

The leaves are boiled and eaten as a vegetable.

Can be grown by seedlings.