Genus: ± 60 species.
Region: tropical Africa, Congo, DR Congo, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola.
Habitat: evergreen and riverine forest; elevations from 700 to 1100 metres.
Use: food, fruit, raw, as a snack; medicine; wood; ornamental, with sweetly-scented flowers.
BotanyCrambling or climbing shrub; climber.
Stems: 1 - 6 metres long.
Fruit: sweet pulp; ± 15 mm long; containing one seed; in clumps of 6 - 8 fruits on stalks about 1 cm long.