Liana to 30 metres or erect to sprawling shrub or tree with red nectaries, red fruit, coriaceous leaves to 220mm x 75mm, inflorescence to 500mm long with bright red bracts to 15mm x 5mm, 130-155 sessile flowers, leathery bright red flowers with bracteoles 1mm x 1.5mm, petals to 5mm x 2mm, fruit dull red to 10mm diameter, differs in leaf-shape & numbers of glands