Cissampelopsis volubilis (Blume) Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 2: 103. 1856. Cacalia volubilis Blume, Bijdr. 903. 1826. Senecio araneosus DC., Prodr 6: 364. 1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 351. 1881.

Herbs, perennial, shrubby; stems woody, branched, arachnoid tomentose with brownish hairs. Leaves green, broadly ovate, cordate, acute, acuminate, coarsely toothed, coriaceous, upper surface greyish tomentose, lower surface with dense or sparse white floccose tomentum mixed with brownish hairs, palmately 5 - 7 veined from the base; petiole stout, 2.5 - 6 cm long. Capitula discoid, bracteolate. Involucre cylindrical, 7 - 8 mm long; bracts linear-oblong, acute, 7 - 8 x 1 - 1.5 mm, puberulous, herbaceous, with broad scarious margins. Disc florets 9 - 10 mm long; limb 5-lobed; lobes acute; tube 4 - 4.5 mm long. Achenes cylindrical, ca 4 mm long, glabrous. Pappus white, 8 - 9 mm long.

Fl. & Fr. Jan. - Feb.

Distrib. India: Meghalaya.

Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and Malaysia.