Plant: Woody vine; stem: juvenile stems climbing by aerial rootlets; flowering stems fewer, nonclimbing Leaves: simple, evergreen; on juvenile stems palmately 3-5-lobed, < 35 cm; on flowering stems < 15 cm, ovate to ± diamond-shaped; petiole, lower surfaces hairy to ± glabrous INFLORESCENCE: umbels Flowers: generally bisexual, radial, < 5 mm; sepals 5, fused at base, inconspicuous, persistent; petals generally 5, free, ± white to green, deciduous; stamens generally 5; alternate petals; ovary inferior, chambers 1-15, 1-ovuled, styles as many as chambers, free or fused, persistent Fruit: ± 5 mm, berry, black Misc: Disturbed areas; 0-1000 m.