Woody herb with erect stems twining at tips, branches densely armed with stinging hairs, pubescent leaves bristly on nerves both surface 40mm x 12mm , terminal & lateral racemes with bracts, male bracts 2mm long, female bracts 4mm long, 3 male sepals pubescent externally, female calyx coriaceous with 6 segments, capsule with white bristly hairs 8mm across