Herbs, (perennial or annual?), erect, 1-2 m tall. Stems terete, branched, glabrous. Leaves shortly petiolate; petiole up to 6 mm; blade abaxially somewhat glaucous, lanceolate, 5-11 × 1.5-3 cm, those on branches smaller, both surfaces glabrous, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin serrate, teeth apiculate at apex, blade apex acuminate. Flowers terminal, often in a dichasium of 3; pedicels 1-4 cm, glabrous, with or without a pair of leaflike or linear bracteoles. Calyx entirely free from ovary, and thus hypogynous, just below ovary or 1-4 mm distant from ovary, forming an anthophore; lobes usually 4, free from each other, linear, 3.5-8 mm, with 1-4 pairs of teeth. Corolla white, lobes equaling tube in length, 5-8 mm. Stamens 4; filaments subulate. Ovary globose or obovoid, 4-locular; stigma 4-fid. Fruit a globose berry, 4-6 mm. Seeds extremely numerous, light brown, orbicular or circular, compressed, reticulate. Fl. and fr. Sep-Jan.
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A herb. It is erect and can grow 1-2 m tall. The stems are branched and the leaves have short leaf stalks. The leaves are sword shaped and 5-11 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. The leaves on branches are smaller. The flowers are at the top of the plant. The fruit is a round berry. It has many seeds.
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