Melodinus acutiflorus F.Muell.

Woody climber to 10 m high. Branchlets densely pubescent to glabrous. Leaves: petiole 4-8 mm long, glabrous, bases meeting across stems to form a slight interpetiolar ridge; blade narrowly elliptic, 4-13.4 by 1.2-5.3 cm, 2.2-6.1 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous to sparsely pubescent all over above, glabrous to densely pubescent all over beneath, 13-19 pairs of secondary veins, ascending and anastomosing near margin, tertiary venation obscure. Inflorescence axillary, 2-4.1 cm long, few-flowered, densely pubescent to glabrous throughout; peduncle 0.2-0.4 cm long; pedicels 2.5-5 mm long. Sepals ovate, 2.5-3.7 by 1.2-1.7 mm, 1.5-2.5 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, densely pubescent to glabrous. Corolla creamy yellow; bud head narrowly ovate, apex acute; tube 8.5-15 mm long, 3.3-4 times as long as sepals, 0.8-1.1 times as long as lobes, glabrous or sparsely puberulent around top of tube outside, densely pubescent in a band either side of stamens and with a few hairs in top of tube inside; lobes narrowly elliptic, 8-15 by 1.8-2.5 mm, 3.2-6.1 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, glabrous outside and inside; corona of irregularly fimbriate lobes in sinuses, 1.5-2.5 mm long, glabrous. Stamens inserted at 4.5-5.3 mm from corolla base which is 0.4 of tube length; filaments 0.5-1 mm long; anthers 2.4-2.5 by 0.5-0.6 mm. Ovary 1.3-1.5 mm high; style 2.2-2.5 mm long; style head 2.1-2.5 mm long. Fruit subglobose; 3-5 cm wide.

Occurs in notophyll and mesophyll vine forests in a variety of soil types derived from volcanic rocks.

Can be grown by seedlings.