[1] It can reach a height up to 3 m. The leaves are oval shaped and due to its xerophyte adaptations it is leathery on the underparts.

They are bell-shaped and their coloring is dark red with a white background.

This plant is relatively rare because of its weak regeneration and due to introduced monkeys which feed on the flower buds.

The only occurrences are on the slopes of Le Morne Brabant, Mauritius.

Thanks to the efforts of botanist Joseph Gueho seeds were successfully germinated and grown in cultivation for the first time in 1973.