This plant is a climbing herb that grows up to 6 m long, and has compound leaves with petioles that are 5–6 cm long.

[1] The plant's young leaves, flowers and pods are consumed as vegetables.

The pterocarpan orientanol A can be isolated from the wood of E.

[2] The pterocarpans orientanol B and C, folitenol and erythrabyssin II, the pterocarpene erycristagallin and the prenylated isoflavone bidwillol A can be isolated from the roots.

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