The seeds are scarlet with a black patch, shiny and rounded. The leaves have seven to twelve pairs of oblong leaflets, each about a half-inch long. Small pink or lavender flowers are crowded in short clusters. L. A weed ranging in size from three to thirty feet. The large, handsome leaves have six to eleven broad-pointed lobes with toothed edges.
Stems are green or red and hollow.
Seed cases are prickly or smooth, about one inch long and contain three rounded, shiny, black, gray, or brown-marked seeds. L. A smooth ornamental shrub with milky juice. Five to ten feet high. Flowers are red and brank inclusters like one type of coral. Fruit is oval-shaped, green or yellow when ripe, about one inch long and contains two or three seeds.