Liana or scandent shrub with striate 8-ridged puberulous stems, young branches reddish-hairy, older branches glabrate. Biternate coriaceous leaves to 150mm x 120mm, terminal leaflets to 65mm x 35mm, lateral leaflets 25mm x 20mm, glabrous above & pubescent on nerves beneath. Thyrses or panicles of flowers, tomentulose sepals to 5mm long, petals 3mmx 1mm. Red fruit