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Almost glabrous, evergreen climbing shrub. Stems ± terete. Lvs opposite, pinnate, with (5)-7 leaflets; petioles from c. 5-30 mm long. Terminal leaflets 3-7 × 0.8-2.5 cm, lanceolate to ovate, entire, with hairy tufts in axils of basal veins beneath, sometimes ciliolate; base subcordate to rounded, or sometimes oblique; apex acuminate; petiolules to 10 mm long. Lateral leaflets smaller, otherwise similar; petiolules < 5 mm long. Cymes terminal or axillary in uppermost axils, forming many-flowered panicles of very fragrant fls; pedicels 8-20 mm long, slender. Calyx 3-4 mm long; teeth subulate, = or slightly < tube. Corolla white, usually pink in bud; tube 1.5-2.5 cm long, narrow-cylindric; lobes 1-1.8 cm long, elliptic, glabrous, with ± rounded, mucronulate apex. Style exserted. Fr. 5-8 mm diam., broad-ellipsoid to globular, glossy black, not often produced; pulp dark red.
An evergreen climber. It grows 3-5 m tall and spreads 8 m wide. It twines and tangles through trees. The leaves are dark green and have 5-7 leaflets. The buds are pink. The flowers occur in large numbers. They hang down and have a scent. The outsides are red and the insides white. The fruit is a black berry. It is 7-11 mm across.
