Lianas, woody. Stem slightly flat. Branchlets terete, with longitudinal ridges, densely hirsute, hairs 1-3 mm; tendrils unbranched. Leaves palmately 5-foliolate; petiole 10-16 cm; petiolules 0.8-3 cm, densely hirsute; leaflets abaxially hirsute, adaxially with sparse appressed pilose hairs on veins or glabrescent, lateral veins 6-8 pairs, veinlets distinct; central leaflet obovate-elliptic; lateral leaflets elliptic, 7-20 × 4-10 cm, base broadly cuneate, asymmetric, margin 6-15-toothed on each side, teeth large or sometimes inconspicuous, apex cuspidate. Inflorescence compound, broad and umbelliform dichasium, axillary, 5-10 cm; peduncle 4-5 cm, hirsute. Pedicel 2-4 mm, densely hirsute. Buds oval, apex obtuse. Calyx pilose, with 4 triangular teeth. Petals oval, apex galeate, pilose. Filaments expanded at base; anthers yellow, ovoid. Disk inconspicuous in female flowers. Ovary coniform, hirsute; style conspicuous, slightly thick at base; stigma 4-divided. Berry orange, spheroid, 2-3 cm in diam., (1 or)2-or 3-seeded. Seeds oblong, base rostrate, apex retuse, ventral holes furrowed from middle to apex. Fl. Jun, fr. Aug-Dec.
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A vine. It is a woody creeper. The stems are slightly flat and have ridges along them. They are hairy. The leaves have 5 leaflets arranged like fingers on a hand. They are hairy underneath. The side leaflets are narrowly oval and 7-20 cm long by 4-10 cm wide. There are teeth along the edge. The fruit is a round orange berry. It is 2-3 cm across. There are 2 or 3 seeds.
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