Ptycanthera correllii grows as a glabrous to thinly hirsute, climbing vine to over 8 m in length. The leaves are oppositely arranged, to 8 cm, triangular to lanceolate, and an acute to obtuse leaf apex and truncate leaf base. The vegetation produces a milky sap.
The complete, perfect, actinomorphic flowers are arranged in few flowered axillary cymes. The calyx has 5, unfused, sepals with triangular lobes. The corolla has 5, glabrous, yellow green with distinct venation, rotate, petals with oblong elliptic with ovate lobes. There are 5, unfused stamens. Within the flower there is a 5 sided, white, appendage (crown) that arise from the corolla. The superior ovary has 2 locules with many ovules. The seeds flat and plumed with hairs. The fruit is an ovoid, winged, follicle at maturity.
Habitat: Ptycanthera correllii grows in Dry Broadleaf Evergreen Formations – Forests/Shrublands (coppice).
Distribution: Ptycanthera correllii is endemic to the Lucayan Archipelago and is known to occur on Long Island.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage: Ptycanthera correllii is not known to be used medicinally in the Bahamian Archipelago.