Descriptions : Herb ; leaves elongate, with short petiole; spike-like inflorescence of staminate
flowers with pistillate flower at the base; staminate flower with 3 tepals, 3 free stamens;
pistillate flowers with 3 tepals, 3 carpellate ovary; fruit 3- loculate, dehiscing loculicidally and
septicidally, each carpel with upward facing spinous projections in 2 vertical rows; each locule
with 1 carunculate seed.