Perennial climber with tendrils. Stem hollow, cylindrical. Leaves alternate, trilobed,margins waved with ciliate silky hairs. Flowers bisexual, solitary at the axil of theleaves, corolla white, pale violet, stemens 5, ovary superior. Fruit ovoid or globose,pericarp crisp and yellow when ripe. Seed numerous, edible. (Laos) Perennial climber with tendrils. Stems hollow, tubular. Leaves altemate, trilobed.Flowers white, solitary in the axil of leaves; coronal violet. Fruit globose, envelopedby remains of pinnatifid bracts, yellow when ripe, edible; seeds numerous. The wholeplant is densely hirsute (Vietnam)