Scrambling or erect shrub, small tree or woody vine with axillary & terminal inflorescences of yellow or purple flowers, petals 2/3 length of sepals, glabrous 4-lobed green fruit turning brown, a drupe, serrated leaves 75mm x 40mm, glabrous or slightly pilose, roughish beneath, purplish hispid petioles & branches
Stem bark cooked & eaten