Rather extensive climbers inconspicuously puberulent to glabrate. Leaves peti-olate, simple, very eccentrically peltate, deeply 3-lobed, the lateral lobes rather abruptly acuminate and nearly transverse, as strong as the central lobe to much stronger, 3-7 cm. long, 6-25 cm. broad; petioles 2-4 cm. long, bearing 2 ocellate glands near the juncture with the leaf blade; stipules narrowly linear, about 0.5 cm. long. Inflorescence a terminal 2-to several-flowered raceme, with slightly foli-aceous, frequently 3-lobed bracts subtended by paired ocellate glands; pedicels about 5 mm. long. Flowers 2.5-3.5 cm. in diameter, greenish or yellowish white; sepals oblong-lanceolate, 1.0-1.5 cm. long, not corniculate; petals none; filaments of the corona in 2 series, the outermost 7-8 mm. long. Fruit globose, 1-2 cm. in diameter, deep blue.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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