Pepper vine is an aromatic woody perennial climber, branches stout, trailing and rooting at the nodes.
Leaves: simple, very variable in length from 12.5 to 17.5 cm and width from 5.0 to 12.5 cm, sometimes glaucous beneath; base acute Rounded or cordare, equal or unequal having 5 to 9 basal nerves with another pair higher up which run to the tip; apex acuminate; petiole 1.2 to 3.7 cm, stout.
Flowers: usually dioecious, but ofter the female bears 2 anthers, and the male a pistillode, anther 2-celled.
Fruiting spikes 10 to 12 cm or more long.
Fruits: drupaceous, globose or ovoid, sessile,
1-seededri, 4 to 6 mm in diameter, orange red to reddish when rip, seeds usually globose, Testa thin