HABIT	AN ERECT, VARIABLE, STELLATE-PUBESCENT TO STELLATE-TOMENTOSE HERB OR UNDERSHRUB UP TO 2.4 M TALL.
STEMS	SINGLE STEM EMERGING FROM THE GROUND, BUT PRODUCES SEVERAL STEMS OR MAJOR BRANCHES LOW IN THE STEM. NEARLY SMOOTH BARK IS TOUGH AND FIBROUS, BROWN ON THE OUTSIDE AND GREEN WITHIN.
LEAVES	VARIABLE IN SIZE AND SHAPE, ROUNDISH OR OVATE, ANGLED OR SHALLOWLY LOBED, 1-10 CM LONG AND WIDE, BASE CORDATE, PALMATELY 3-9-VEINED FROM BASE WITH LINEAR, EXTRA-FLORAL NECTARINES (GLANDS) AT BASE OF MIDRIB BENEATH, MARGINS SERRATE TOCRENATE, LOBES GENERALLY ACUTE OR ACUMINATE .
FLOWERS	BRIGHT PINK, BORNE IN AXILLARY CLUSTERS, SOMETIMES FORMING LEAFLESS, TERMINAL RACEMES.
FRUITS	CAPSULE, 1 CM LONG, DEPRESSED-GLOBOSE, INDEHISCENT, DENSELY PUBESCENT, COVERED WITH BLUNT SPINES, EACH SPINE HAVING 2 STRAIGHT BRISTLES POINTING DOWNWARDS.
SEEDS	ROUNDED ON THE BACK, WEDGE-SHAPPED ON THE INNER SIDE, SMOOTH, GREY TO DULL BLACK.