Dioec. soft-wooded glab. liane, up to c. 10 m. tall; branches terete, flexible; branchlets very slender. Tendrils very slender, ± curled, up to ± 10 cm. long, rarely bearing a fl. Lvs alt., on petioles up to 2 cm. long; lamina ovate- to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 5-10 × 2-3 cm., entire, coriac., dark green and glossy above, paler below; margins ± undulate. Fls solitary, or in 2-4-fld cymes, ebracteate. Sepals and petals yellowish green, ovate-oblong, about equal, reflexed; coronal filaments yellowish. ♂ with long, diverging staminal filaments; ♀ with 3-locular, stipitate ovary, us. with staminodes; styles 2-3. Fr. subglobose, orange, 25-30 cm. long; seeds wrinkled, aril reddish, cop.

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Vigorous, dioecious, high-climbing vine, glabrous except for slightly hairy young stems. Lvs simple; petioles (0.8)-1-2 cm long, eglandular; stipules minute or 0; lamina (4)-5-12-(14) × (1.8)-2-4-(5.5) cm, lanceolate to narrow-ovate or elliptic, coriaceous, dark glossy green above, entire, acute to acuminate. Fls (1)-3-4 in cymes, fragrant. Pedicels 5-15 mm long. Bracts ± subulate, caducous. Hypanthium 0. Perianth 4-merous; segments 5-6 mm long, ± oblong, yellowish green; corona threads 2.5-3.5 mm long. ♂ fls with 4 stamens; filaments 5-6 mm long forming a short androphore bearing an abortive ovary. ♀ fls with short staminodes. Ovary glabrous; styles (2)-3, c. 2 mm long. Fr. (2)-2.5-3 cm diam., subglobose or broad-ellipsoid, orange; pulp reddish, sparse. Seeds 3-7 mm long, flattened, wrinkled.