Lianescent shrub or tree to 13m with tetragonal glabrescent branches. Puberulent or brown-tomentose leaves to 90mm x 59mm becoming glabrescent above & pubescent beneath. Axillary few-flowered inflorescences with bractlets to 4mm long, flowers with pubescent calyx 4mm x 4mm with 4-5 teeth to 1mm long, red corolla with tube 25mm x 2mm opening to 6mm & lobes 3mm long. Fruiting calyx enlarged to 5mm x 7mm, glabrous drupe 8mm x 5mm.