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Information stems branched, trailing, up to 6 ft. long, more or less hairy; leaves broad ovate to elliptic or oblong in outline, deeply sinuate-dentate or laciniate, 1/2–1 in. long, 1/3– 3/4 in. broad, more or less pubescent, densely mealy-glandular and white below; petiole 2–3 lin. long; pedicels 1–2 in. long; calyx 2–3 lin. long, pubescent and mealy-glandular; corolla 1–1 1/4 in. long; lowest lobe 2–4 lin. broad; fruit 2/3– 4/5 in. in diam. null

Information Stems subglabrous or pubescent, the mature fruit usually glabrous. Leaf lamina usually narrowly ovate to ovate, up to 2.7 cm. long, pinnatipartite to pinnatilobed (Mozambique, Zimbabwe E and Malawi) or pinnatifid to deeply crenate or deeply serrate (Zimbabwe N, W, C, S); petioles 3–12 mm. long. Flowers 17–27 mm. long; pedicels 15–50 mm. long. Fruit broadly elliptic in outline, 16–27 mm. long, 10–19 mm. broad, the central portion distinctly raised and 6–9 mm. high (spines excl.) each loculus containing usually 5 seeds, the central one erect, the lateral ones ascending from a very short basal placenta; funicles short. Seeds obovate in outline, c. 4.5 mm. long and 3 mm. broad.