Glabrous, erect, branched, semi-succulent herb to c. 1.5 m high, with abundant white raphides on stems, lvs, tepals and ovaries. Stems softly woody. Petioles stout, mostly 5-20 mm long. Lamina 10-32 × 4.5-14 cm, elliptic to ovate, somewhat granular-papillose below; base cuneate to attenuate, slightly asymmetric; apex mucronate. Racemes stout, erect, to c. 30 cm long at fruiting; peduncles and pedicels becoming crimson or rosy purple, densely granular-papillose. Fls ☿, densely arranged. Bracts (2.5)-3-5 mm long, linear-subulate; bracteoles similar but smaller. Perianth 7-8 mm diam.; tepals accrescent, 4-5 mm long, broad- or ovate-elliptic, persistent, pink or rose, becoming crimson or rosy purple. Stamens 12-14, < perianth; filaments and anthers rose or crimson. Ovary (5)-6-8-carpellate, deep green with white raphides. Fr. 7-12 mm long when fresh, subglobose and compressed with carpels rounded dorsally, with prominent grooves when dried, black, succulent with dark reddish juice. Seed (2.9)-3-3.3 mm wide, ± reniform, shining black.