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Coarse, erect, subligneous herb, or a shrub or small tree, 1-6 m. high, the stem usually covered with short, stout prickles; leaves broadly ovate or round-ovate to oblong-ovate, up to 35 cm. long and 25 cm. wide, rounded or cordate at base, coarsely dentate or irregularly sinuate-dentate, usually with scattered stinging hairs above and with such hairs or prickles on the nerves beneath; plants dioecious, the flowers in much-branched cymes; fruit succulent, 3-5 mm. long, white or rose-colored.
A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. It has spines and stinging hairs. The leaves are 25 cm long by 12.5 cm wide and have teeth along the edge. They have long leaf stalks. The flowers are a cluster of pink or purple. Male and female flowers are on separate plants. The fruit is spongy and juicy and green to pink.
