Shrubs, to 1.5 dm, armed. Stems ?perennial?, creeping, sparsely hairy, glabrescent, eglandular, not pruinose; prickles sparse, strongly retrorse, stout, to 1 mm, broad-based. Leaves evergreen, simple or ternate; stipules ?adnate to petioles?, broadly elliptic to ovate, (6–)8–10 mm; blade ovate to cordate, (2.5–)3–5(–8) cm, lobe or leaflet base cordate, shallowly 3-lobed, margins coarsely, singly or doubly dentate, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surfaces with prickles along midveins, glabrous or sparsely hairy, eglandular, ?both surfaces lustrous fresh?. Inflorescences 1–2-flowered. Pedicels: prickles scattered, retrorse, moderately to densely hairy, eglandular. Flowers bisexual; petals magenta to pink, elliptic to oblanceolate or spatulate, (5–)8–10 mm; filaments filiform; ovaries moderately hairy, ?styles glabrous?. Fruits red, hemispheric, 0.4–1 cm; drupelets 3–10, not coherent, separating from torus. 2n = 14.
Moist, semishaded forests, glades, moist soil, logged areas; at elevations up to 1,700 metres.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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