Subherbaceous climber 0.2–3 m., growing from a variable tuber. Leaves beneath greyish to glaucous, densely punctate or not, deeply (3–)5-partite or pseudo-foliolate, in outline suborbicular with cordate base, 4–18 by 3–17 cm.; leaflets variable, entire to deeply (2–)3–5(–10)-lobed, ovate or obovate to linear, base long-attenuate or acute, top rounded to acute, 1.5–15 by 0.5–4(–7) cm., margin entire; petiolule up to 2 cm.; petiole 1–9 cm. Glands at blade-base 2, on 2 separate ± upward directed auricles 1–2 mm. in diameter at the transition of petiole to blade; blade glands 2–4, situated between the insertions of the leaflets, and each leaflet with 0–8 glands scattered or submarginal. Stipules narrowly triangular to lanceolate, acute, 1–3 mm., withering. Inflorescences peduncled for up to 7 cm., (1–)5–20(–60)-flowered in ♂, 1–10-flowered in ♀, tendril 1, 2–10 cm.; sterile tendrils up to 15 cm. Male flowers tubular-infundibuliform, including the 3–12(–15) mm. long stipe (14–)20–38 mm.; hypanthium cup-shaped, (1–)2–3.5 by 2–4(–5) mm.; calyx-tube (5–)8–12 mm.; calyx-lobes ovate or oblong to lanceolate, subobtuse, (4–)7–11 mm., dentate-fimbriate; petals lanceolate, acute, dentate or fimbriate, 6–12 mm., (1–)3-nerved, inserted at the same level as or up to 5 mm. above the corona; filaments 3.5–9(–12) mm., connate for at least half-way, inserted on an androgynophore 1–3.5 mm.; anthers 3–6 mm., ± inward curved and at the top clinging by the ± 0.2 mm. long papillate apicula; septa 0.5–3 mm. high, corona hairs ± 0.5–2 mm., rarely absent; disk glands 0.5–1.5 mm. Hermaphrodite flowers 20–25 mm. Female flowers tubular-infundibuliform, including the 2–7 mm. long stipe 15– 26 mm.; hypanthium ± 2–4 by 2–4 mm.; calyx-tube 4–8 mm., lobes ovate to oblong, obtusish, 5–7 mm., entire; petals lanceolate to linear, acute, subentire, 2–7 mm., 1(–3)-nerved, inserted at the same level as or up to 4 mm. above the corona; staminodes 3–5 mm., up to 1 mm. connate; septa up to 0.5 mm. high; corona hairs 0.3–1 mm.; disk glands ± 1 mm.; gynophore 2–4 mm.; ovary ovoid to oblong, (4–)5–6 mm.; styles connate for 1–1.5 mm., style-arms 1–1.5 mm.; stigmas subreniform, woolly-papillate, each. 2–3 mm. in diameter. Fruits 1–3 per inflorescence, ovoid to ellipsoid-oblong, excluding the (2–)5–12 mm. long gynophore (2.5–)3–5.5(–7.5) by (1.5–)2–3.5(–4) cm.; pericarp coriaceous, brilliant yellow to red when fresh, sometimes spongy inside, smooth. Seeds (10–)20–60 per capsule, obovoid to ellipsoid, 6–8 mm.