A slender,annual hreb; stems twining or sometimes prostrate, 0.5—3 m long, patently hairy with rigid hairs. Leaves orbicular or transversely elliptical in outline, 3—7.5 cm x 2.5—10 cm, palmately divided nearly to the base with (3—)5—7(—9) segments, segment oblong to elliptical-oblong, attenuate towards both ends, petiole 1.5—10 cm long. Flowers in a few-flowered head, peduncle 2—18 cm long, bracts linear to oblong, 1—3 cm long; sepals slightly unequal, 7—12 mm long, lanceolate, corolla funnel-shaped, 3—4 cm long, the midpetaline bands sparsely hairy, white, filaments unequal, glabrous, ovary glabrous. Capsule ovoid, 8 mm long, 1-celled, 4-valved. Seeds 4, 4 mm long, sparsely grey-tomentose.

Purgative (decoction of root)

PROSEA (Plant Resources of South-East Asia) Foundation

The mashed leaves are applied to sores, boils, pimples, and tumors. A decoction of the root is administered for haemoptysis. The seed is taken for dropsy.