Ancistrocladaceae

Simple, alternate leaves on woody lianas that climb using hooked, tendril-like branch tips; small flowers ripen into a fruit with a persistent winged sepal that spins it away from the parent plant on the wind.

Climbs almost entirely by hook-tipped branches rather than true tendrils, gripping onto neighbouring vegetation as it scrambles through the forest canopy.

To check whether a plant belongs to Ancistrocladaceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.