Clambering vine with leafy stems with stinging bristles to 1.5mm long, 5-foliolate leaves, leaflets to 105mm x 25mm. Axillary inflorescence to 70mmlong with 5-lobed bracts to 55mm x 35mm, staminate flowers to 2mm x 1.2mm, 4 calyx lobes, pistillate flowers with 12 sepals 4.5mm x 1.5mm, glabrous fruit capsule to 14mm diameter., with persistent columella to 15mm long