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Woody liana climbing via leaf-opposed tendrils; stems and petioles often reddish to bright red; leaves alternate, dimorphic; juvenile (lower) leaves deeply palmately lobed; mature (upper) leaves shallowly palmately lobed and palmately veined; inflorescence a compound cyme arising directly opposite a leaf; flowers and inflorescence axes bright red; fruit reddish purple.
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