High-climbing perennial liana with pubescent stems. 3-foliolate leaves, leaves to 170mm x 150mm, terminal leaflet to 40mm x 10mm, pilose on margins & beneath. Many-flowered erect umbels to 80mm long with bracts to 2mm long, of orange flowers with reddish tips or dark purple flowers, pilose calyx to 12mm x 18mm, flowers to 70mm long, standard to 55mm long, wings 15mm long, keel 11mm x 10mm. Legume with irritating dark brown bristly hairs to 110mm x 50mm