Ichnocarpus frutescens is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, known by the English common name black creeper.

[1][3] It is a woody shrub with lianas sprawling to 10 m (33 ft) in maximum length and 6 cm (2.4 in) in diameter.

Each flower has a calyx of densely hairy sepals and a five lobed corolla just under a centimeter long.

[4] The plant has a large number of traditional medicinal uses, including for rheumatism, asthma, cholera, and fever.

[5] Some in vitro and rodent studies have suggested that extracts of the plant may inhibit tumors,[6] protect liver cells from damage in acetaminophen overdose,[7] and reduces complications of hyperlipidemia in diabetic rats.