Ancylobothrys petersiana grows as a climbing shrub up to tall. Its fragrant flowers feature a creamy or white corolla. Fruit is spherical, up to in diameter. Vernacular names include "climbing wild apricot". Habitat is woodland and rocky hillsides.[1] A. petersiana is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, the Comoros and Madagascar.[2]
The fruit contains edible pulp with a sour taste around the many seeds. It can be eaten out of hand or prepared into a sweetened juice, and it is sold in local markets for this purpose.[3]