Young branches yellow-brown strigose; old branches con spicuously lenticellate. Petiole 3.5-7.5 cm, slender, yellow-brown crispate pubescent; leaf blade cordate-ovate, 8-12 × 5-8 cm, membranous, sparsely hirsute, lateral veins 3-5 pairs, like midvein prominent abaxially, concave adaxially, tertiary veins subparallel, reticulate veins very conspicuous abaxially, base cordate, margin minutely mucronate by excurrent veins, apex acute. Flowers yellow-green; pedicel ca. as long as flowers, slender, hirsute. Sepals lanceolate, ca. 1 mm, valvate, outside hairy. Petals narrowly lanceolate, ca. 3 mm, outside hairy. Drupe yellow-green, becoming black with age, ca. 1.5 × 1 cm. Fl. unknown, fr. Aug.
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A herb and climber. It has tuberous roots. The shoots have sharp, stiff hairs. The leaves have stalks. The leaves are 7.5-15 cm long by 5-12.5 cm wide. They are broadly oval. They have teeth around the edge and are rough in texture. They have white hairs. The flowers are greenish yellow. The fruit is fleshy with a hard covering over the seed.
It is a tropical plant. In Nepal it grows between 250-1400 m altitude. It grows trailing on hedges in sunny places. In southern China it grows in evergreen broad-leaved forests on limestone mountains at about 2,400 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
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