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An erect herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 0.9-1.8 m tall and spreads 45-60 cm wide. The stems are cane like. The leaves are large and leathery. They are oval with pointed tips. Several named varieties occur.
| Life form | perennial |
| Growth form | herb |
| Growth support | free-standing |
| Foliage retention | evergreen |
| Sexuality | - |
| Pollination | - |
| Spread | - |
| Mature width (meter) | 0.73 - 0.8 |
| Mature height (meter) | 1.0 - 1.65 |
| Root system | - |
| Rooting depth (meter) | - |
| Root diameter (meter) | - |
| Flower color | |
| Blooming months | - |
| Fruit color | - |
| Fruiting months | - |
| Nitrogen fixer | - |
| Photosynthetic pathway | c3 |
| Light |
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| Soil humidity | 
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| Soil texture | 
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| Soil acidity | - |
| Soil nutriment | - |
| Hardiness (USDA) | 
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| Uses | environmental use medicinal poison |
| Edible | fruits |
| Therapeutic use | Homicide (unspecified), Angina pectoris (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Aphrodisiacs (leaf), Edema (leaf), Insecticides (leaf), Pain (leaf), Sprains and strains (leaf), Varicose veins (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Prurigo (root), Angina (unspecified), Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Arrow (unspecified), Castration (unspecified), Contraceptive (unspecified), Corn (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Frigidity (unspecified), Homeopathy (unspecified), Impotency (unspecified), Internulcer (unspecified), Poison(Arrow) (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Prurigo (unspecified), Sterilizant(Male) (unspecified), Varicosity (unspecified), Wart (unspecified), Yaws (unspecified), Cyanogenetic (unspecified), Caustic (unspecified), Gargle (unspecified), Insecticide (unspecified), Rodenticide (unspecified), Sterilizant (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Antineoplastic agents (unspecified), Callosities (unspecified), Contraceptives, oral (unspecified), Warts (unspecified) |
| Human toxicity | - |
| Animal toxicity | - |
| Mode | - |
| Germination duration (days) | - |
| Germination temperacture (C°) | - |
| Germination luminosity | - |
| Germination treatment | - |
| Minimum temperature (C°) | 1 |
| Optimum temperature (C°) | - |
| Size | - |
| Vigor | - |
| Productivity | - |
| LSID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:86911-1 |
| WFO ID | wfo-0000943374 |
| COL ID | 35ZWF |
| BDTFX ID | - |
| INPN ID | 447726 |
| Wikipedia (EN) | Link |
| Wikipedia (FR) | Link |