It is a perennial aromatic creeper and exudes a milky juice. Stems are long, winding, twisted, tough, and brown. The leaves are many small and oval in shape. The plant wears white flowers which are 1 to 4 inches long and has 3 to 4 branches. Fruits are round in shape and consist of shiny 2-inch-long seeds. Roots are thick, branched, and black in color. Roots are black in color, long, slender, fleshly and much branched. The plant wears fruits and flowers from March to December.