Strong dioecious, woody climber, to 5 m high. Leaves ternate; leaflets ovate, 2.5–8 cm long, 1–4 cm wide, entire or sparsely toothed, acute to obtuse, ± coriaceous, ± glabrous. Flowers in axillary and terminal, few-flowered dichasial panicles. Tepals caducous, oblong-lanceolate, 15–40 mm long, pubescent below with narrow, tomentose margin, glabrous above, white or creamy white. Stamens 5–15 (–20) mm long; filaments glabrous, creamy white; anthers narrowly elliptic, 1.5–2.5 mm long, with subulate appendage, 0.4–1.3 mm long; staminodes present. Achenes compressed, ovate, 4.5–7 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide, brown, shortly pubescent; margin not prominent; awn 2.3–6.4 cm long.
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A twining, rambling climber. It grows 5-10 m high. The young stems are very hairy. The leaves are broad and divided into 3 leaflets. The leaflets are 3-6 cm long by 1-1.5 cm wide. They are oval. The leaves are hairy. They have teeth along the edge. The flowers are large and white. They are 2-4 cm across and star like. The seed heads are fluffy.
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