MENISPERMACEAE, Moonseed Family

Slender twining woody vine; leaves alternate. simple, blades broadly ovate to orbicular, cordate or truncate at base, entire to palmately·lobed, peltate, petiole attached near base of blade; dioecious; flowers minute, greenish, in axillary panicles; sepals 4-8; petals 6-8; stamens 12-24; carpels 2-4, separate; fruit an aggregate of drupes.

Menispermaceae