Leaves leathery, very scabrous, some 4-12 x 2-5 cm in size, at maturity the abaxial surface is glabrous, or only the veins pubescent.

The orange fruit (follicle) are around 1 cm, thin and leathery pericarp is slightly bright when dry, and has persistent style.

[1] Countries and regions where it occurs are: Peninsular Malaysia; Thailand; Vietnam; China (Southeast and South-central including Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan);[2] Laos; Myanmar; and Sri Lanka.

A name used in English is sandpaper vine[9] The plant is one of the foods fed to captive elephants in Sri Lanka.

[10] It is reported that Karbi and Munda peoples of Assam use cut stems to obtain water in dense forests where there is no other source.