Erect or lianescent dioecious shrub to 3m. Glabrous branches, lobed leaves to 80mm x 90mm, sometimes 5-lobed, mdian lobe to 55mm x 50mm with serrate margins. Terminal racemes, of 15-70 flowers, to 250mm long with bracts to 10mm x 3mm, pale to reddish-orange with darker centre, similar bracteoles to 3mm x 1.5mm. Red to purpl;e flowers to 7mm x 6mm, calyx lobes to 2.5mm, glabrous petals to 1mm x 1mm. Glabrous or pubescent red berry.