Large deciduous climbing shrub to 10m with strigose branches, leaves to 200mm x 100mm with serrulate margins glabrous both surfaces or pubescent on veins beneath, axillary cymes of up to 3 flowers, 20mm reddish or greenish flower, petals to 10mm, brown glabrous fruit oval-oblong to 30mm long, staminate flowers with 5 tomentose sepals to 5mm long & 5 glabrous petals to 10mm long, pistillate flowers have tomentose sepals to 8mm