Herbaceous glabrous or glabrescent tendril climber. Leaves to 90mm x 55mm, unlobed or trilobed, glossy & usually variegated along nerves above. Inflorescence with bristly bracts to 1.2mm. Flowers to 35mm diameter with triangular sepals to 18mm x 9mm, white petals to 13mm x 5mm, outer series of filaments white with reddish or purplish band near tip, inner filaments purple or white. Glabrous fruit to 30mm x 27mm.