HABIT	ERECT ANNUAL HERB; UP TO 60 CM TALL.
STEMS	BRANCHES NUMEROUS, LONG, ASCENDING, ANGULAR, FINELY PUBESCENT.
LEAVES	2.5 – 7.0 CM LONG AND 2-2.5 CM BROAD, OVATE- RHOMBIC, WITH LONG PETIOLE, ARRANGED SPIRALLY; BLADES ACUTE, MARGINS CRENATE-SERRATE.
FLOWERS	FLOWERS UNISEXUAL, STALKLESS, BORNE ON NUMEROUS LAX, ERECT, ELONGATE AXILLARY SPIKES LONGER THAN THE LEAVES. MALE FLOWERS ARE MINUTE, CROWDED DISTALLY. FEMALE FLOWERS ARE SCATTERED ALONG THE INFLORESCENCE AXIS, EACH SUBTENDED BY A CONSPICUOUS SEMI-CUPULAR LEAF- LIKE, TOOTHED, GREEN BRACT, NEARLY 7 MM LONG.
FRUITS	CAPSULES, THREE VALVED, COVERED WITH PERSISTENT BRACTS.
SEEDS	OVOID, SMOOTH AND PALE BROWN.