Shrub, twining with branches weak, long, drooping, striate, glabrous, sometimes sparsely pubescent or tomentose; leaves opposite, pinnate, softly pubescent or tomentose on both surfaces, leaflets 5-7-foliolate, 5-10 cm long; terminal leaflets ovate or lanceolate, acuminate at apex, much large, lateral ones rhomboid, oblong or elliptic, up to 5 cm long, acute or apiculate at apex, acute to rounded at base, sessile or subsessile, midrib hairy on both the surfaces; flowers in dichotomous, terminal, lax cymes, fragrant; bracts linear; calyx teeth 5, linear, longer or sometimes as long as the tube; corolla lobes 5, ovate or elliptic, shorter than tube, white; stamens-2, included in corolla tube, filaments very short, anthers oblong; ovary 2-celled, ovule 2 in each, style short, stigmas 2, linear; berries ellipsoid or globose, 5-8 mm across, black when ripe.