Botany
Ayo is a woody vine growing to a length of 10 meters. Stems are somewhat compressed, woody, rough, and 1 to 2.5 centimeters in diameter. Leaves are usually 3 to 5, but sometimes 7 leaflets. Leaflets are elliptic-oblong, 5 to 12 centimeters long, coarsely toothed, smooth and shining. Flowers are pale green, faintly fragrant, numerous, umbellately disposed on the ultimate branches. Fruit is smooth, brownish, rounded, fleshy, and about 1.5 centimeters in diameter.

Distribution
- In thickets at low and medium altitudes in Cagayan, Apayao, Abra, Lepanto, La Union, Nueva Viscaya, Bataan, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, and Quezon Provinces in Luzon; and in Mindor and Panay.
- Also occurs in Indo-China.

Uses
Edibility
Pulp of the fruit is green, sour but edible; suitable for making preserves.
Leaves, also sour, cooked with other foods for flavoring.
Folkloric
Decoction of plant used as a powerful diuretic.
Externally, lotion made from the plant used for scabies.
Others
Vine sometimes used to produce a rope, albeit, of poor quality.

Availability
Wild-crafted.