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Shrub, up to 2 m high. Branchlets sparingly pubescent. Leaves alternate, petioled. Leaflets 2, obliquely ovate-oblong, glabrous. Inflorescences inconspicuous, terminal. Flowers mostly solitary. Calyx: sepals 5, spathaceous. Petals 5, white, with pink main veins, obovate, margins scarcely crisped, glabrous; hypanthium short. Stamens 10, fertile, filaments free, 8-18 mm long. Gynoecium 1-carpelled, with gynophore, few ovules; style 3-10 mm long, glabrous; stigma globose. Flowering time Oct.-Apr. Pod ± linear-oblong, 30-80 x 8-12 mm, thinly woody, dehiscent, yellowish brown. Seeds light to dark brown, ± ovate, 4-7 x 3-5 mm.
A scrambling shrub up to 2.5 m in height; occurring in valley bushveld and scrub. Bark: grey-brown. Leaves: rather small, 1-3 x 0.5-1.5 cm, divided almost to the base, lobes obliquely ovate-oblong to obovate; petiole up to 1.5 cm long, slender. Flowers: 3-4 cm in diameter, white, often with pink to red main veins, petals obovate, margin not crisped; often only male flowers and sporadically hermaphrodite; mostly solitary (mainly Oct.-Apr., but may be found at almost any time during the year). Fruit: a small, golden brown pod, up to 7 x 1 cm, dehiscent (Dec.-Apr.).
