Slender twiner to 2 m. long; stems ± densely covered with slender gland-tipped hairs 0.5–1 mm. long; tendrils present.. Leaves 3-foliolate; mid-leaflet rhombic-elliptic, 4.5–9 cm. long, 2–4 cm. wide, long-acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, the laterals elliptic, up to 6.5 × 3 cm., more rounded at the base; all coarsely crenate-serrate, the crenations with subulate projections often terminated by a gland-tipped hair and ciliate with ordinary and gland-tipped hairs, with long colourless adpressed (? in life) hairs ±1.5 mm. long above and similar hairs at right-angles to the main venation beneath, also minute hairs and long gland-tipped hairs on the lamina, thin; petiole 1.5–2.5 mm. long, with hairs similar to the stem; petiolules 1.5–7 mm. long, the median one longest; stipules narrowly lanceolate, 6–9 mm. long, 1.6 mm. wide, ciliate-serrulate with gland-tipped hairs.. Inflorescences axillary on short shoots bearing one leaf; peduncles ± 1 cm. long; pedicels ± 3 mm. long, all axes with dense short gland-tipped hairs; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, up to 6 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, long-attenuate at the apex, covered with gland-tipped hairs.. Buds oblong, ± 2 mm. long, glabrous or with a few long non-glandular hairs.. Calyx 1.2 mm. wide, entire, glabrous.. Petals dark red.. Fruit not seen.
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