Twining or trailing perennial woody-based vine with pubescent stems. Mucronulate leaves to 200mm x 170mm, young leaves purplish-violet on back, pubescent or tomentose beneath & sparsely pubescent above. Axillary solitary flowers or 2-3 flowered cymes with 2 bracts to 8mm x 3mm, 5 sepals outer 2 to 12mm x 9mm, middles 2 10mm x 6mm, innermost 8mm x 4mm, corolla reddish-purple with darker centre, tube to 35mm long, 5 lobes to 70mm across. Glabrous fruit to 18mm x 12mm with persistent enlarged sepals.