A dioecious, woody climber up to 15 m long. Leaves arranged spirally; petiole 1—5 cm long; blade oblong-elliptical to ovate-elliptical, 6—14 cm x 2.5—8 cm, base cordate to cuneate, apex acutely acuminate, palmately veined, glabrous or sparsely hairy below. Flowers in solitary spikes 5—20 cm long (up to 26 cm long in fruit); rachis of male spike glabrous, with bracts 1.5—3 mm long; rachis of female spike hairy with bracts 3—4 mm long; male flower with (2—)3(—4) stamens; female flower with 3—4 stigmas. Fruit a broadly ellipsoid to almost globose berry, 4—5 mm long. |
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