Tendrils are present at 90 to the leaf petioles at nodes.

Spots with an irregular shape can also develop on leaf petioles and plant stems.

These are phyllodes, blades that develop as an expansion of the leaf petiole.

It is mostly hairless except for some light hairs on the inflorescences and sometimes the leaf petioles.

The internodes of such shoots are short as are the leaf petioles.

Adults feed on new growth and other soft parts, such as leaf petioles and buds.

The leaf petioles are 15-90 cm long, and armed with sharp spines at the base.

When the caterpillars mature they start feeding on them during the day as well by eating leaf petioles or stems.

At the time of flowering, leaf petioles range from 0.8 to 3.9 mm with blades 1 to 3 cm long.

The "branches" (leaf petioles) are strong and flexible enough to make a switch.