A sturdy climber or a medium sized tree. Leaves are large ornamental leathery. Flowers are large, 4-5" wide, vermilion-red to purplish, turn yellow towards daisy-like center, solitary or in 2—3-flowered cymes. Fruit composed of distinct carpels (fruitlets); fruitlet berry-like, cylindrical, 4—5.5 cm long, orange and fleshy, slightly constricted between the brown seeds. |