Simple tendril woody dioecious climber to 5m or trailer, scabrid leaves, grooved thick corky stems, solitary male flowers or in short racemes, corolla tube to 3mm long densely hairy inside, lobes to 2,mm long, yellow or greenish-yellow petals, solitary female flowers to 6.5mm long, densely hairy inside, 10-furrowed glabrous berry to 15mm x 9mm, 6-angled scabrous stems, 3-lobed scabrous toothed leaves to 20mm diameter papillose both surfaces