A slender twining plant. Leaves ovate, to about 8 cm long, 6 cm wide and with a fine point at the tip, deeply cordate at the base and long-stalked. Flowers mostly 3-6 together, the petals to about 2 cm long, fringed; summer. Fruit a broad samara to about 2.5 cm long.

C and S America.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Malpighiaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.