Mostly spreading to climbing shrub. Leaves to 10 cm long, simple, ovate, more or less opposite, long-pointed, pale below. Flower clusters axillary or terminal, dense. Flowers bright red, with prominent bracts. Fruit ovate with 5 shallow ribs.

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Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Combretaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.