Stem : Herbaceous or woody at the base only, compressed, densely pubescent when young; tendrils short, slender, usually branched.
Leaves : Trifoliate, leaflets thick, lanceolate or obovate, acute or obtuse, crenate - serrate or subincisodentate, more or less pubescent on both surfaces, stipules small, ovate, acute.
Inflorescence : Cymes
Flowers :
Flowers in branched dvarivate pubescent long-peduncled cymes; buds globose.
Calyx pubescent outside, funnel-shaped or truncate or obscurely 4-lobed.
Petals 4, oblong, rounded at the apex, hooded, pubescent outside.
Disc cup-shaped with a plicate margin. Style conical.
Fruit : Berry deep purple, fleshy, 2-4 seeded.
Seeds : Triangular, rounded and rugose on the back, cuneate on the face.
Flowering and Fruiting Time : July-December
Significance : Throughout on the hedges, old walls and low shrubs or trees.
