Trailer, climber or somewhat shrubby up to several m. long from a vertical softly woody base; stems crimson, striate, pubescent and densely covered with mostly short red gland-tipped hairs 0.2–1 mm. long; tendrils present.. Leaves somewhat fleshy, 3(–5)-foliolate; leaflets elliptic to rounded-elliptic, 1.5–8(–10) cm. long, l–6.5(–10) cm. wide, sharply acute at the apex, rounded to cordate at the base, rather irregularly toothed, ± densely shortly pubescent on both surfaces and with a few glands, also ciliate with short gland-tipped hairs; petioles crimson, 1.5–7 cm. long; petiolules 0.5–2.3(–3) cm. long, both pubescent and glandular like the stems; stipules falcate, 7 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, narrowly acuminate, with gland-tipped hairs at apex.. Cymes 12 cm. wide, lax with cymules well separated; peduncles 3–9.5 cm. long; axes crimson, pubescent and with dense short gland-tipped hairs; pedicels 4–7 mm. long, glandular.. Buds urceolate-oblong, 2–3 mm. long, constricted below apex, puberulous and with sparse to dense gland-tipped hairs at apex.. Calyx 1.5 mm. wide, entire, puberulous.. Petals cream.. Fruits red, ellipsoid, 1–1.5 cm. long, 6 mm. wide, rather attenuate at apex in dry state, pubescent and covered with ?red gland-tipped hairs 1–1.5 mm. long.. Seed ellipsoid, 9 mm. long, 5 mm. wide; ventral ridge marked with 4–5 radiating transverse ridges on sides; mid-dorsal ridge obscure, lateral ridges evident ± joined to side-ridges and with 5–6 conspicuous tubercles on each side between mid-and lateral ridges.
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