Melodinus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.

Climber to 28 m high. Branchlets glabrous, puberulent around nodes or, rarely, puberulent all over when young. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3 or 4, often with all permutations on a single branch; petiole 5-17 mm long, glabrous to densely puberulent; blade coriaceous, ovate, elliptic or oblong, 3.7-22 by 0.8-7.8 cm, 1.8-5 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, base rounded to cuneate, glabrous above and beneath, 10-23 pairs of secondary veins, slightly raised above, anastomosing into an intramarginal vein, tertiary venation running parallel to secondary veins to reticulate. Inflorescence axillary and terminal forming a panicle, 3-15 cm long; peduncle 0.4-2.5 cm long, glabrous to puberulent; pedicels 2-8 mm long, puberulent. Sepals ovate, 1.5-3 by 1.4-2.5 mm, 1-1.6 times as long as wide, apex obtuse to rounded, puberulent or glabrous, ciliate. Corolla white or yellow; bud head ovoid, apex acute to obtuse; tube 4.1-12.3 by 1.8-2.8 mm, 1.7-2.2 times as long as lobes, 1.9-6.2 times as long as calyx, puberulent outside, densely pubescent inside; lobes 2.1-6 by 1.5-3.6 mm, 1.2-2.2 times as long as wide, strongly falcate to dolabriform; corona in a ring, slightly to deeply 10-lobed, 1.1-4 mm high, pubescent. Stamens inserted at 2.4-6 mm from base which is 0.4-0.6 of tube length; anthers 1.4-1.7 by 0.4-0.6 mm. Ovary 0.9-1.4 mm long; style 0.9-1.9 mm long; style head 1.2-1.9 mm long. Fruit globose to ellipsoid or ovoid, 3.5-10 by 2.7-5.4 cm. Seeds 11-17 by 7-11 by 2-4 mm.

It is a tropical plant. It is native to southern China between 1,600-2,900 m altitude. It grows in humid forests. In Yunnan.

The ripe fruit are eaten fresh. They are boiled with pork for soup.

Plants can be grown from seeds.