When the leaves fall, the petioles persist and form overlapping stacks.

The 5 petals are fused at their base to form a 2.5 millimeter-long, bell-shaped tube.

The flowers have a ring-like structure between the petals and its stamen called a corona.

Its corona have 5 thread-like, lobes that are 3.8–5.1 millimeters long and attached half-way up the petal tubes.

[8] Its roots have been reported as being used as a traditional medicine in Namibia and extracts from its tissues have been shown to have immunomodulatory activity in laboratory tests with isolated human blood cells.