Johor Ethnobotany Database

Growth Form: It is a shrub or small tree up to 5 m tall. Its stems reddish, covered with small scales. 
 

Foliage: Its opposite, stalked leaves have leaf blades that are lance-shaped, 2–15 by 0.6–6.5 cm, and bear three prominent veins–one central and two marginal. Leaves are bristly on the underside.

Flowers: Its flowers are up to 8 cm wide, with petals that are light to dark magenta-pink, or occasionally white. The flowers last only a day.

Fruits: Its 6–10 mm-wide fruits are somewhat round, and open irregularly when ripe to expose dark blue pulp with many orange seeds. The fruits are edible but rather tasteless, with the pulp staining the tongue blue-black.