Creeping herb, rooting at the nodes; stems terete. Leaves solitary or up to 6 together on short lateral shoots, the blade suborbicular to reniform, up to c. 9 cm in diam. (c. 2 cm in Somali material), cordate at the base, crenate, glabrous or almost so; petiole very variable in length, c. 1–2 cm in Somali plants, glabrous to softly pilose, with membranous sheaths. Umbels subcapitate, 1–7-flowered, on pilose peduncles up to 4 cm long; involucre of 2 broadly ovate bracts 1.5–5 mm long. Petals greenish to purplish, obtuse, c. 1 mm long. Fruits sessile or subsessile, c. 3–4 mm long and wide, glabrous or pilose; primary and secondary ribs prominent, with ± anastomosing veins between; stylopodium low and rounded; styles spreading, slender, c. 0.5–0.8 mm long.
Range
N2 East Africa, widespread in the tropics andextending into some subtropical areas.
