It is a plant of botanical family Araliaceae, species endemic to the island of Madeira with the name: Hedera maderensis (K. Koch ex A. Rutherf).

[1] It is quite common in Madeira and lives in slopes rock, soil, trunks of trees especially in Laurel forest of Barbusano.

It is presented as a plant shrub or bush perennial climbing, with aerial roots.

This plant has broad leaves, 2 to 8.5 inches and a few leathery, with 1-5 lobes small, regular in size and shape.

The leaves of Hedera maderensis are small, greenish-yellow, gathered in large numbers in umbrellas, and the fruits, globular and black when ripe.