Lianas, high climbing or scrambling. Tendrils (2–)3–5-branched, usually without, rarely with, adhesive discs. Leaves palmately compound; petiole ± equaling blade; leaflets 5(–6), lustrous adaxially, oblong-obovate to elliptic, 4–10 × 2–4 cm, thin, herbaceous, base cuneate, margins coarsely serrate, usually distally, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous or abaxial puberulent. Inflorescences dichotomously branched, without distinct central axis. Flowers greenish to reddish green. Berries subglobose, 6–12 mm diam. 2n = 40.