Menispermaceae

Dioecious climbers. Leaves alternate, entire, palmately veined; stipules absent. Inflorescence axillary or lateral. Flowers unisexual, regular, small. Sepals 2–10, free. Petals 3–6, free, imbricate. Stamens 2–6, free or connate, hypogynous. Carpels free, superior. Fruit a drupe. 80 gen., mostly trop. and subtrop.