Many-stemmed shrub to 3 m high from a massive fleshy rootstock; stems pithy at first, older branches becoming hollow, bark pale grey, finally flaking.. Leaves obovate, absent at flowering time, 3–3.5 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, rounded or emarginate, petiole 1.5–3 mm long.. Inflorescences congested, often subumbellate, mostly on sidebranchlets; pedicels up to 15 mm long, conical below the flower.. Sepals 4.5–7 mm long; petals 5, somewhat unequal, white or greenish-white, obovate, ± 15 mm long, emarginate; stamens numerous, longer than the petals, filaments white; style elongate, curving, exceeding the stamens and protruding from the flower; stigma capitate, 0.4–0.6 mm wide, purple.. Capsule, 7–10 mm high, 6-valved, each valve splitting longitudinally into 2 narrow segments; seeds obovoid-oblong, 5.5–6 mm long.. Fig. 6/ 5–11 (p. 35).
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A shrub. It lies along the ground. The stems and leaves are succulent. It grows 3 m high. It has a large fleshy, tuberous rootstock. The leaves are oval with wavy edges. They are 2.5 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The flowers are greenish or white. They are 4-20 in a cluster. They are at the ends of the small branches. The fruit are oval and yellow. They are 1 cm long and have 1 seed. The seed is black with a red, loved aril.
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