Perennial evergreen twining climber or creeper, 5 foliolate pinnate leaves glabrous above pubescent beneath, fascicles to 300mm long x 75mm, purple flowers 10mm long, calyx silky outside 5mm long, standard petals 9mm across silky on back, coriaceous fruit 75mm x 7.5mm Liane with axillary pseudo-racemes to 500mm long of 8mm pale pink flowers & hairy brown pods to 70mmx 30mm