Plukenetia polyadenia Müll.Arg.

A climbing shrub. It twines around other plants. Plants often have male and female flowers on separate plants. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are rounded at the base and the leaf stalk is long. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves. The fruit is a large, green capsule with 4 ribs. The seeds are large and brown. They are split open with a knife to release the kernel.

Clambering into the canopy in moist to wet lowland or lower montane forest, at elevations from sea level to almost 1,000 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings.