HABIT	AN ANNUAL OR SOMETIMES PERENNIAL CLIMBER.
STEMS	PUBESCENT.
LEAVES	LEAVES ALTERNATE, DELTOID, BITERNATE, 3-8 CM LONG, PETIOLES 2-3.8 CM LONG; LEAFLETS DEEPLY DENTATE OR LOBED, ACUMINATE, LATERAL LEAFLETS OBLONG OR OVATE, TERMINAL LEAFLETS RHOMBOID-LANCEOLATE.
FLOWERS	FLOWERS WHITE, 3-4 MM LONG, IN FEW-FLOWERED UMBELLATE CYMES, WITH A PAIR OF PEDUNCLES MODIFIED INTO TENDRILS.
FRUITS	CAPSULES DEPRESSED-PYRIFORM, 3-VALVED, COVERED WITH BLADDER-LIKE CALYX, WINGED AT THE ANGLES
SEEDS	GLOBOSE, BLACK, SMOOTH, 4-6 MM IN DIAMETER, WITH A SMALL WHITE, HEART-SHAPED ARIL.