Small tree or scrambler, lenticels prominent; plants dioecious. Leaves: petiole 9–12 mm long, papillose, scales present; lamina broadly lanceolate to elliptic to obovate, 6.2–19.5 cm long, 3–8.4 cm wide, glabrous, base cuneate, margin wavy to shallowly toothed, apex obtuse to acute, glands as pale streaks. Inflorescence: racemes usually unbranched, 2–8 cm long, usually papillose. Flowers 5-merous, 1.5–2 mm long; pedicel 1–2 mm long, papillae and peltate scales present on pedicels, bracts, bracteoles and hypanthium; corolla white to cream, lobes with long pellucid streaks, pellucid dots sparse; stamens in male flower c. 0.5 mm long, staminodes c. 0.3 mm long; pistil c. 0.8 mm long; ovary yellow to reddish, short style; stigma obscurely lobed; ovules numerous. Fruit globose, 2–2.5 cm long, 2–3 mm wide, green, orange to brown, glandular-dotted. Seeds numerous.
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A climber. It can be a shrub or a woody climber. It grows 7 m high. The stems can be 8 cm across. The leaves are 8-17 cm long by 5-7 cm wide. They are narrowly oval. They are dark green. There can be teeth along the edge. The flowering racemes are 8-15 cm long. They are in the axils of leaves. The flowers are small and white. The fruit is 0.2-0.3 cm across.
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