HABIT	A TUBEROUS, SLENDER ANNUAL VINE.
STEMS	GLABROUS WITH FORKED TENDRILS.
LEAVES	OVATE-SUBORBICULAR IN OUTLINE, 7.5-15 CM LONG, BASE CORDATE, BLADE MEMBRANOUS, SCABRID ABOVE WITH MINUTE RED SCALES, SMOOTH OR SLIGHTLY SCABRID BENEATH; LOBES LANCEOLATE, ACUTE TO ACUMINATE, MARGINS COARSELY, IRREGULARLY SERRATE OR SINUATE AND DISTANTLY DENTICULATE.
FLOWERS	SMALL, GREENISH-YELLOW, THE FEMALE FLOWERS BORNE IN FASCICLES, THE MALE SOLITARY.
FRUITS	BERRY ROUNDED, 2-3 CM IN DIAMETER, BLUISHGREEN WITH EIGHT VERTICAL WHITE STREAKS, RIPENING RED.
SEEDS	BROWN, OBOVATE, COMPRESSED, 4 MM LONG AND 3MM WIDE, ENCIRCLED BY A PROMINENT RAISED BAND.