Erect or sprawling shrub to 1.5 m, dark green, pubescent with stellate hairs; hairs dense on lower leaf-surface, absent or confined to veins on upper surface; prickles to 1 cm long, scattered to abundant on stems, few or absent elsewhere. Leaves elliptic; lamina 5–10 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, sometimes larger, discolorous, the lower ones shallowly lobed, upper ones entire or almost so; petiole 5–10 mm long. Inflorescence few–12-flowered; peduncle c. 5 mm long; rachis up to 10 mm long; pedicels 10–12 mm long. Calyx 4–6 mm long; lobes oblong, 2–3 mm long. Corolla stellate, deeply incised, 20 mm diam., white or violet. Anthers 4–5 mm long. Berry globular, 10–15 mm diam., bright red. Seeds 2–3.5 mm diam., pale yellow or pale orange.
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