Decidous liana or sometimes sarmentose shrub, trunk has corky ridges to 50mm long x 18mm high , leaves 85mm x 45mm, terminal cymes with bracts, inflorescence to 3 flowers, calyx 7mm long, scented flowers to 43mm long, red-maroon outside, white aging yellow with light maroon stripes inside, tube 12mm long, lobes to 57mm long, tail 1.2mm long, divergent grey-black or purple-black glabrous woody follicles to 200ยบ, 260mm long x 45mm diameter