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P.griffithii

  Habit         :A slender vine with thinly coriaceous leaves, branches slender, terete or obscurely furrowed when dry.
  Leaves     :Thinly coriaceous ovate or elliptic 3-5-nerved at the base and 3-nerved higher up. Leaves 10-15 by 5 - 7.5 cm., base rounded or subacute; nerves very slender, nervules faint; petiole 0.63 - 1.25 cm.
  Spikes      :Fruiting spikes 15-20 cm., pedicels slender longer than the very small globose fruit. Female spikes slender; bracts obscure in fruit, cup-shaped, adnate to the glabrous rachis, bracteoles short.
  Fruits        :Numerous, globose, 0.42 cm. diam.