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Liane with stout stems, or a dense, mound-like shrub of intertwining branchlets; stems terete, finely tomentose especially when young; armature of small, reddish prickles, or 0. Lvs palmate; leaflets 3-(5), glabrous or almost glabrous and rugose on upper surface, usually white-to brown-tomentose on lower surface and sometimes greyish or glaucous, sometimes glabrous to almost glabrous on lower surface also, coarsely serrate; terminal leaflet lamina usually narrow-to broad-ovate, oblong or lanceolate, rarely linear or narrow-linear, 25-70 × 4-40 mm, with petiolule 10-30-(50) mm long. Infl. a many-flowered, sometimes compact, panicle, up to 10-(25) cm long. Petals white to cream. Drupelets yellowish or orange.
A vine. It has many small thorns. The stems are thin and wiry. The leaves have white hairs underneath. Plants are separately male and female. Fruit are black.
