A small, stellately hairy shrub up to 1 m tall. Leaves oblong-ovate, 5-9 cm x 3.5-8 cm, with 2-3 lobes on either side, base cordate to cuneate, apex obtuse. Inflorescence an extra-axillary, short raceme on a short peduncle; sepals 5, connate up to halfway, corolla stellate, about 2 cm in diameter, purple, anthers 6 mm long, ovary glabrous except for the apex, stigma subcapitate. fruit subglobose, 1 cm in diameter, glabrous, orange when mature. Seeds abundantly, minutely dotted, about 2 mm in diameter. |
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