Description
Slender woody climbers.
Leaves with petiole swollen and geniculate at base, lamina often cordiform or hastate, rarely deeply 3-5-lobed, margin entire or repand-dentate, palmatinerved at base, papyraceous.
Inflorescences axillary, cymose or thyrsoid (a raceme or panicle of cymes).
Seed with copious endosperm;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present), Continental SE. Asia present, N. Borneo present, Solomons present
Continental SE. Asia (1); Malesia: N. Borneo (1), Philippines (3) and New Guinea&Solomons (1), in all 6 spp.
Citation
Diels 1910 – In: Pfl. R. p 145
Benth. 1862 – In: B. & H., Gen. Pl. 1. p 34
HOOK.f. & TH. 1872 – In: Fl. Br. India. p 95
MIERS 1871 – In: Contr. Bot. p 57
MIERS 1864 – In: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. p 51
HOOK.f. & TH. 1855: Fl. Ind. p 181
FORMAN 1984 – In: Kew Bull. p 103
