HABIT	ANNUAL HERB.
STEMS	50-70 CM HIGH, UNBRANCHED, OR WITH FEW PAIRS OF BRANCHES ARISING NEAR THE BASE. STEM ERECT, CYLINDRICAL, GREEN, GLABROUS, WITH A FEW REMOTE PAIRS OF SMALL LEAVES AND AN APICAL PSEUDOWHORL OF FOUR LARGER LEAVES.
LEAVES	LAMINA OVATE-OBLONG TO OVATE-LANCEOLATE, 3-10 X 1-3 CM, HERBACEOUS, SCABROUS ABOVE, GLABROUS BENEATH, CUNEATE AND OFTEN DECURRENT AT THE BASE, ATTENUATE AT THE APEX. LEAVES WITH INTERPETIOLAR, BROADLY TRIANGULAR, BLUNT, GLABROUS STIPULES.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE TERMINAL IN THE AXILS OF THE WHORLED UPPER LEAVES, UPTO 15 CM LONG. FLOWERS WHITE TO RED OR PURPLISH.
FRUITS	CAPSULE 4-5 X 5-6 MM, TUBERCULATE.
SEEDS	OBLIQUELY ELLIPSOID OR OVOID, 1.5-2 MM, DULL BROWN, TUBERCULATE.