Herbaceous climber with older stems somewhat woody; young ones brown at first, later dark purplish, pubescent and with sparse to dense long red bristly hairs 3–5 mm. long; tendrils present.. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets oblong-elliptic, 1.5–5.5 cm. long, 0.7–2.5 cm. wide, acute or subacute at the apex, cuneate to ± rounded at the base, shallowly crenate but with narrow divergent or curved mucros, mostly glabrescent except for short hairs and longer bristly ones on the midrib and main venation on both surfaces; petioles 1–2 cm. long; petiolules 0.3–1 cm. long; stipules ovate to lanceolate, falcate, 7–9 mm. long, ± 3 mm. wide, ciliate.. Cymes 3–6 cm. wide; peduncles 2–3 cm. long, pubescent and bristly; pedicels 3 mm. long, with a few mostly gland-tipped bristly hairs; bracts and bracteoles 2–4 mm. long, cuspidate.. Buds oblong, 2 mm. long, glabrous.. Calyx 1.5 mm. wide.. Petals cream and red.. Fruits bright red, ellipsoid, 8 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, with rather sparse bristly possibly gland-tipped hairs.. Seeds straw-coloured, obliquely ovoid, 5 mm. long, 3.5–4 mm. wide; ventral ridge strong basally, ± widening at middle; mid-dorsal ridge scarcely apparent but laterals are ± raised zig-zag lines with ± 4 short ridges directed towards the mid-dorsal on each side, also 3–4 radial side-ridges joined to the lateral dorsals and extending to near the ventral ridge.. Figs 21/2, p.92; 22, p.98.
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