Woody climber with rough-hairy branchlets. Leaves to about 15 cm long,15 cm wide, 3-lobed and with a pointed tip, dark green and hairless above, paler and hairy below and with a strong notch at the base. Flower clusters not extending beyond the leaves. Fruit 6-8 mm wide, round, bluish to violet.

var. maximowiczii (Regel) Rehder has leaves more deeply lobed and with a deeper notch than the type.

NE Asia.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Vitaceae. 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. (as Ampelopsis brevipedunculata)