Climber up to c. 6 m. tall; stems pubescent and with rather short-stalked capitate glandular hairs; tendrils present. Leaves digitately 3–5-foliolate; petiole 4(6) cm. long, indumentum as for stems; leaflet-lamina up to 8(10) × 4(5) cm., obovate-elliptic or elliptic, apex acuminate, margin serrate, base cuneate or ± rounded on lateral leaflets, sparsely pubescent or glabrous above, tomentellous or densely pubescent below; petiolules up to 7 mm. long; stipules up to 1 cm. long, lanceolate-acuminate, pubescent. Cymes lax, on axillary branches; peduncle 2(10) cm. long, densely pubescent and with short capitate glands; pedicels c. 2 mm. long, densely pubescent and with short capitate glands; bracts and bracteoles c. 1 mm. long, lanceolate, tomentose. Flower-bud c. 4·5 mm. long, cylindric, swollen at the apex, pubescent and with short capitate-glandular hairs on the sides and near the apex. Calyx 0·5 mm. long, entire, pubescent and with some stalked capitate-glandular hairs. Ovary glandular-pubescent; style 2·5 mm. long; apex scarcely capitate. Fruit c. 1 × 0·6 cm., ellipsoid, densely pubescent and with capitate-glandular hairs. Seed 1, c. 6 × 4 mm., ellipsoid, with a dorsal crest at the bottom of a furrow with two lateral crests, pitted.