Climber to 5 m long, minutely brown hairy, glabrescent, leafy stem 4-6 mm diam.; dioecious. Probract not seen. Tendrils 2-or 3-branched. Leaves: petiole 4-5 cm long; blade greenish brown on drying, membranous or chartaceous, simple, deeply 5(-7)-lobed 7/8 deep, in outline circular, c. 20 by 23 cm, faintly scabrous above, glands few or absent, situated towards the insertion of the petiole, c. 1 mm diam., cystoliths inconspicuous or absent, margin entire; veins 5(-7), straight. Male raceme finely brown (-yellow) hairy, glabrescent, peduncle 4-5 cm long, c. 3 mm thick; rachis not thickened, 20-27 cm long, 25-50-flowered or more; bracts persistent, (narrowly) (ob)ovate, 9-12 by 3-7 mm, margin conspicuously dentate, glands numerous, obscure. Male flowers (from buds): pedicel 9-12 mm long, persistent; receptacle-tube c. 10 mm long, at throat 5 mm wide, at base without a pseudo-ovary (see note under T. intermedia); sepals narrowly triangular, 4-5 mm long, c. 1.5 mm wide at base, entire; petals and androecium not seen. Female flowers and fruit not known.
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