A perennial vine with climbing, woody stems, can grow 20 to 30 meters long. The leaves are pinnately compound, consisting of usually 5 leaflets. The leaflet margins are usually entire, but the upper leaflet is sometimes 3-lobed. The flowers are white to greenish-white, and they are about 2 cm in diameter. The inflorescence is a terminal axillary panicle - the flowers are found in stalked clusters of the upper leaf axils. Each individual flower is perfect, they contain both male and female flower structures (stamens and pistils). The flowers do not have petals - they are composed of 4 sepals, many stamens and many styles. Some stamens can be non-fertile, and some are petaloid. The styles are plumose (feathery), and they are long, white and persistent. The fruit is an achene.

Analgesic, diuretic and rubefacient (leaves);

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Anemonin, beta-sitosterol, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, protoanemonin (plant)

As a cure for the itch (roots, stem); for rheumatism and skin eruptions (plant)