Scrambling shrub with terminal & axillary panicles with tomentose bracts, of white flowers tinged pink,sepals to 7mm long, white or pink petals longer thsn sepals, red fruit maturing purple-black to 10mm diameter, sparse recurved thorns, hairy prickly stems, 3-5 serrated leaflets puberulous above, tomentose beneath, terminal leaflet to 120mm long