Climber to 20m with rusty-tomentose striate young branches becoming glabescent, leaves to 280mm x 120mm nearly glabrous above & rusty-pubescent beneath, solitary extra-axillary creamy-white flowers with bract 5mm long, coriaceous sepals to 4mm x 6mm rusty-pubescent outside & glabrous inside, creamy-white coriaceous petals agng brown, outer petals to 40mm long, inner petals to 27mm long, brownish slightly pubescent fruit 15mm x 7mm