Glabrous dioecious liane or epiphyte with adventitious roots, stinging hairs on stems, slightly serrate hairy leaves 100mm x 45mm, male panicles, female corymbs, flowers 1mm long, achene 2mm long, fruits orange-red. Dioecious woody climber, glabrous leaves with stinging hairs on nerves, male flowers in axillary cymes 75mm long, female cymes 32mm across with stinging hairs, yellow-orange fruit 2.5mm diameter