Woody climber with canary-yellow flowers, brownish bracts, younger branches densely ferrugineous, older ones usually glabrous & lenticellate. Glabrous Leaves to 110mm x 40mm. Many-flowered raceme with bracts to 4mm long & bracteoles to 2mm long, flowers 30mm diameter, canary yellow corolla to 50mm long. Winged samaras 60mm x 22.5mm