Shrubs lianoid or scandent. Branchlets brown or reddish brown, terete, puberulous when young, gradually glabrescent, with sparse prickles broader at base. Leaves compound, usually 5–7-foliolate; petiole 5–7 cm, petiolule of terminal leaflet 1.5–2 cm, lateral leaflets subsessile, petiolule and rachis minutely pubescent, gradually glabrescent, with sparse, curved prickles; stipules linear-lanceolate, pubescent; blade of leaflets ovate-lanceolate or narrowly ovate, 5–7 × 2–3.5 cm, abaxially gray tomentose, with sparse, minute prickles along midvein, adaxial veins glabrous or pilose, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margin unevenly sharply serrate or incised-doubly serrate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, short subracemes; rachis and pedicels minutely pubescent, gradually glabrescent; bracts lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, minutely pubescent. Pedicel 6–11 mm. Calyx abaxially densely minute pubescent; sepals erect in fruit, ovate, 4–6 × 3–4 mm, apex acute and abruptly pointed. Stamens many; filaments linear. Pistils numerous. Aggregate fruit red, subglobose, ca. 1 cm in diam., glabrous; pyrenes ovoid-globose, prominently small-punctate. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug–Sep.
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