Vines climbing. Stem woody; stem and branches densely verruculose, sometimes sparsely prickly. Petiole 1--1.5 cm, narrowly winged for 2/5--1/2 its length; abscission zone distal; tendrils usually present. Leaf blade broadly ovate-elliptic, 6--15 × 4--10 cm, thickly herbaceous or papery, base rounded, apex subacute. Inflorescence a raceme of 3--7 umbels, 3--6 cm, basally prophyllate; umbels of both sexes many flowered, base slightly thickened. Male flowers: outer tepals ca. 5 × 1.2 mm, inner ones much narrower. Female flowers: tepals smaller than male ones; staminodes 3. Berries purplish black, ovoid-globose or somewhat pear-shaped, 5--6 mm in diam. Fl. Dec--Feb, fr. Jul--Sep.
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