Lianas, climbing by tendrils, synoecious. Branches: bark adherent; pith white, continuous through nodes; tendrils 2-branched, without adhesive discs. Leaves [1–]2–3-pinnately compound. Inflorescences bisexual, leaf-opposed, corymblike cymes, sometimes compound. Flowers bisexual; calyx saucer-shaped, indistinctly undulate; petals 5, distinct; nectary proximally adnate to base of ovary, distally free, cup-shaped; stamens 5; style conic, ± elongate. Berries purple, blue, or black. Seeds 1–4 per fruit.
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