Erect or scandent shrub armed with yellow-brown recurved prickles, hairy stems, pinnate hairy leaves 40mm x 12mm, lateral & terminal racemes of 14mm diameter flowers, hairy calyx, hairy corolla with lobes 10mm long, berry 8mm diameter. Spiny climbing shrub, pilose leaves sometimes spiny beneath, extr-axillary cymes, hairy calyx & corolla, calyx 6mm x 3mm, lilac corolla with lobes 12mm x 4mm, fruit a berry 8mm diameter