[3] Occurs in savannahs and montane forests in East Africa and Southeastern Nigeria.

As a climbing liana, it that can go as high as 40 meters and reach a diameter of 23 cm, occasionally, a sarmentose shrub, it can be capable of reaching 7 meters high; its stem is dark brown with white latex.

[4] Coriaceous leaves and a glabrous or pilose petiole that is 1.5-8 mm long.

Fruit, 2-20 seeded is globular in form, usually green with white or light brown spots on it.

[4] Ripe fruits are eaten by locals while stems are used in rope and basket making, root extracts are traditionally used to treat gonorrhea and bilharzia while leaf extracts are used to treat wounds.