Thorny vine or scandent shrub, thorns to 7mm x 2mm. Leaves to 85mm x 43mm, glabrous above & tomentose beneath. Axillary racemes of about 15 flowers, pale violet flowers 4mm long, male flowers with 4-lobed calyx 2.5mm long, white-violet 4-lobed corolla 4mm long, hermaphrodite flowers with 5-toothed calyx to 18mm long with lobes 5mm long. Fruit a reddish-brown berry to 15mm diameter.