Shrub to 2.5 m high, deciduous, perennial. Indumentum of simple hairs, but mostly hairless. Stipules laciniate. Leaves stalked, peltate; leaf stalks 10-180 mm long; blade 9-11-palmatipartite, 50-150 mm long, 70-170 mm wide; lobe tips narrowed; base cordate; margins irregularly toothed, without glands. Fruits ellipsoid, 18-22 mm long, 15-18 mm wide.

Caribbean.

Source: Forster, P. (2002). Euphorbiaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.