Branchlets terete, with longitudinal ridges; tendrils bifurcate, leaf-opposed. Leaves highly variable in shape, 3-5-foliolate, or mixed with simple and unlobed, or simple and variously lobed leaves; stipules caducous; petiole 2.5-6 cm; leaf and leaflet blades adaxially nearly glabrous, or pilose and lanate, basal veins 5, lateral veins 4-6 pairs, pubescent to sometimes slightly so or nearly glabrescent, veinlets slightly raised abaxially, inconspicuous adaxially; central leaflet rhombic-elliptic or lanceolate, 5-12 × 2.5-5 cm, base cuneate, apex acute or mucronulate; lateral leaflets ovate-elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, 3.5-9 × 3-5 cm, base asymmetric, subrounded or broadly truncate, margin with 5-20 sharp teeth on each side, apex acute or acuminate; simple leaves oval or ovate-elliptic, 5-12 × 4-8 cm, base cordate, notch obtuse, margin serrate with 21-31 teeth, apex acute. Panicle leaf-opposed, loose, 5-12 cm, basal branches well developed; peduncle 1-2.5 cm. Pedicel 1.5-2.5 mm, glabrous. Buds obovoid, 1-2.5 mm, apex rounded. Calyx glabrous, margin undulate. Filaments filiform, 0.7-1 mm. Ovary oval; style short; stigma expanded. Berry black-purple, globose, 0.8-1.3 cm in diam., glaucous. Seeds obovoid, apex retuse, chalazal knot oval, ventral holes furrowed upward 1/4 from base. Fl. Jun, fr. Jul-Sep.
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A woody creeper. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaf stalks have red hairs when young. The leaves vary. They are oval or heart shaped and simple. with deep lobes. They can have 3 or 5 leaflets spread like fingers on a hand. The leaves are 4-9 cm long by 3-8 cm wide. The flowers are small andin groups 10-15 cm long. The fruit are black berries 1 cm across.
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