Shrub slightly scandent to 8m, dioecious, alternate leaves with slightly wavy margins with or without lobes, entire or serrate margins, hairy on both surfaces or glabrous to 100mm long, terminal inflorescence a determinate thyrse, in axils of leaves, white flowers with pinkish-brown buds subtended by bracts, female flower to 4mm diameter with 6-8 tepals, male flowers to 5mm diameter with 6-15 tepals, fruit an ovoid red drupe to 7mm x 5mm with persistent stigma remains at top