Scandent shrub to 3m with glabrescent stems. 5-9 foliolate leaves, leaflets to 65mm x 35mm, glabrous above & ferrugino-pubescent beneath. Terminal panicles with bracts to 2mm x 1mm, upper bracts pubescent, lower bracts spinescent, pubescent bracteoles to 1mm x 1mm, Flowers to 6mm long, pubescent calyx to 2.5mm long, dark or dull red petals.