A scandent shrub, stems sprawling, glabrous though sparsely puberulous above. Leaves are simple, narrowly elliptical to narrowly obovate, entire, 2.5-13 cm x 1.3-5 cm, rounded at base, margin mucronulate-denticulate, both surfaces glabrous or with a few hairs, shortly petiolate, petiole up to 8 mm long. Capitula in terminal and axillary, few-headed racemes, 8-18 mm in diameter, on up to 2.5 cm long peduncles, involucre 8-10 mm long, 5-seriate, outer involucral bracts narrowly ovate, inner ones linear-lanceolate, all pilose; marginal flowers 4-5.5 mm long, disk flowers 5-8, 5-6 mm long. Achene is about 1 mm long, prominently ribbed, pubescent, pappus 4-6 mm long, white.

PROSEA (Plant Resources of South-East Asia) Foundation

Used to cure colic (decoction of the roots); to treat sores, boils and sore eyes (leaf juice).