Uvaria lucida Bojer ex Sweet

A climber. It grows 9 m high. The stems can be 8 cm across. The leaves are oval and wider at the tip. The leaves are 1-10 cm long. The hairs are star shaped. There are scales on the lower surface. The flowers are yellow green. There are 1-3 together. They are at the ends of the stems. The fruit have rusty hairs. They are 1-3 cm long. There are 3-12 seeds.

Lowland dry evergreen forest, wooded grassland and coastal bushland, often on rocky outcrops. It is also found in riverine forest and Brachystegia woodland, at elevations from sea level to 1,500 metres.

The ripe fruit are eaten raw. The fruit are used to make juice. They can also be dried or made into jam.

Plants can be grown from seeds.