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Rather stout dioec. liane up to ± 6 m. tall, much-branched, branches ± interlacing (forming tangled masses in absence of support). Main stems us. not > 5 cm. diam.; branchlets very slender, terete, ± striate, pubescent in early growth, bark dark to rather light reddish brown. Lvs on petioles up to 1 cm. long; lamina dark green above, paler and often glaucous below, 5-20 × 2-15 mm., glab., coriac. to submembr., of diverse form (several forms may be on same plant); margins us. not undulate; broad-oblong to obovate to suborbicular, rounded to retuse at apex, truncate to rounded or occ. subcordate at base. Ochreae deciduous, seldom > 4 mm. long. Infl. ± 1-2-(4) cm. long, of simple or branched spikes, glab. or pubescent. Spikes axillary and terminal, sts reduced to small clusters. Fls small, tepals cut ⅔ to base; ♂ with 8 stamens, ♀ with broad fimbriate stigmas; tepals enlarged in fr., us. succulent, white. Fr. black, glossy, trigonous, ± 2 × 1·75 mm.
A tangled shrub or low climber. It has many branches. It grows about 1 m across. The stem is hairy when young. The bark is reddish-brown. The leaves are alternate and rough. The leaf stalk is 2-5 mm long. The leaf blade is broadly oblong or oval and 0.5-2 cm long by 0.3-1.5 cm wide. They are rounded at the base and have a rounded tip. The flowers are in the axils of leaves or at the tip of the branches. The flowers are small and yellowish-green. The fruit is 5-6 mm long with a 3 sided nut. This is 2 mm long and black.
