Slender climber. Stems drying striate, bearing short to long rigid hairs. Leaves: petioles 3-12 cm, hispid to hispidulous; lamina deeply 3-lobed, lobes subelliptic to subtriangular and acuminate at the apex, base deeply cordate, 9-18 by 10-16 cm, both surfaces hispid or hispidulous, papyraceous. Male inflorescences supra-axillary, thyrsoid consisting of a raceme of lax cymes, hispidulous, 15-22 cm long, lateral branches 3-4.5 cm. Male flowers on slender pedicels c. 5 mm; sepals yellow, joined at the base, glabrous or sparsely hispidulous, 1-2 additional minute outermost sepals present, outer 3 narrowly elliptic, 2.5-3 mm long, inner 3 broadly elliptic, 2-2.5 mm long; petals 6, cuneate, fleshy with lateral edges incurved, 1 mm long and broad; stamens 6, very short and thick, 1-1.5 mm long, filaments thickened apically and adaxially with the anthers horizontal and extrorse. Female flowers and fruits unknown.
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