Petiole without pungent hairs. Leaves 5-7-lobed, lobes acute, with whitish blotches on upper surface, valvety hairy, tendrils branched. Calyx segments spathulate or foliaceous. Fruiting peduncle stout, hard, 5-6-angled, expanded at the attachment to the fruit. Fruits of various size, shape and colour, usually oblong and constricted. Seeds greyish white or tan in colour, margin dark.

Holotype: From a cultivated plant, possibly grown from seeds from Marinique (not found); Neotype: not designated, (C. Jeffrey, l.c.).

Distribution: Cultivated throughout India, Pakistan, tropical and subtropical countries.