Herbaceous or subshrub of up to 1 m in height. Oblanceolate or oblong leaves, 1 to 9 cm, acute, sawn in the upper half; sessile or short petioles. Flowers solitary, axillary or in pairs, 4 to 6 mm linear-lanceolate sepals, 1 cm corolla, white. Oval to oval-ovoid capsule, 5 to 6 mm.

Densely ramified herb or shrub. Leaves with slender petiole, solitary or in pairs, ovate or lanceolate, acuminate apex. Two or more flowers at each node, rarely one; calyx truncated or with minute lobes; corolla white-green or white-yellowish. Red fruit, 1.5 to 3 cm in diameter, ellipsoid-lanceolate or lanceolate, with an acute apex. Creamy to yellowish seeds.

A species with a large number of cultivars that have a high diversity of shape in their fruits.