Region: Southeast Asia, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea.
Botany: evergreen, scrambling shrub that creeps over the ground or climbs into nearby plants for support; habitat on rocks near the sea, in thickets, and in forests at low elevations; dioecious, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required; bitter, fragile bark.
SourcesAn Enumeration of Philippine Flowering
Plants; Merrill E.D.; http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org; Bureau of
Science, Manila; 1925.
Dictionary of Economic
Plants; Uphof. J. C. Th.; Weinheim; 1959.