[5] The fruit is an explosive capsule which starts out green in colour, but dries to brown after opening.

[2] Both subspecies of this plant have been introduced to Australia where A. g. micrantha is on the National Environmental Alert List and must be reported when found.

[3] Ernest Akamine (1947)[7] found that there were no apparent dormancy mechanisms operating in the seeds, which germinated freely 135 days after being expelled from parent plants.

In some parts of Africa, the leaves are eaten as a vegetable and used as an herbal remedy in traditional African medicine.

[12] The vigorous growth of A. g. micrantha in tropical regions[3] makes it a weed which can smother certain indigenous vegetation where it has been introduced.