Scandent shrub with sparsely thorny densely brown-pubescent branches, palmate coriaceous leaves with 7 lobes to 150mm diameter glabrescent above brown pubescent beneath, terminal lobe 90mm x 35mm, minor lobes 40mm x 20mm, serrulate leaf-margins, axillary inflorescence of 1-2 flowers with numerous bracts 15mm x 10mm with fimbriate margins pubescent outside, pubescent calyx tube to 4mm long with lobes 3mm x 2.5mm, white petals