Zehneria anomala is a perennial climber with young glabrous stems that soon become woody, a grey bark and simple tendrils. The leaves are glabrous, somewhat fleshy and deeply lobed into 3-5-lobes that are variable in shape. The flowers are monoecious; male flowers are yellowish and arranged in 2-6-flowered subsessile clusters, while female flowers are produced solitary. The fruit is subglobose, scarlet, with lenticular seeds.
Gebel Elba.
Southeast Egypt, Northeast Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Arabia.
Climber on Trees and Shrubs.
Perennial
