Erect shrub forming thickets, suckering; primary stems stout, obscurely angled, densely covered in brown, felty tomentum, the younger stems soft and trailing or twining; armature of numerous, short, flattened, straight prickles. Lvs simple; petiole brown-tomentose and prickly; lamina (3)-5-7-lobed and dentate, ± orbicular, 80-200 mm diam., dark green and rugose on upper surface with distinct veins and scattered hairs, brown-tomentose on lower surface, strongly cordate at base; stipules ovate, laciniate. Infl. a short, terminal, leafy panicle; axis and branches brown-tomentose and prickly. Fls 15-20 mm diam. Sepals triangular, acute, densely brown-tomentose, with jagged margins, ± erect at fruiting. Petals orbicular, crumpled, pale pink to rose or lilac. Fr. of black, waxy drupelets, broad-conic, c. 12 mm long.
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A climbing shrub. The leaves have stalks. They are oval and 5-7 lobed. They have irregular teeth. They are deeply heart shaped. They have a yellowish layer underneath and are wrinkled above. The flowers are pink or white. They occur either in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. The fruit are red or dark purple.
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