| Plant Habit: | Shrub |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic Mesic Dry Mesic |
| Plant Height: | 1 - 5 m or up to 8 m |
| Leaves: | Deciduous |
| Fruit: | Edible to birds Other: Fruit also edible for certain monkeys. Fruit is a small round berry-like starting as green and ripening to a purple-black color 4-6 mm in diameter. |
| Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall Fall Late fall or early winter |
| Flowers: | Inconspicuous Fragrant Other: Flowers bloom towards the evening and emit a distinctive smell giving it the name "Potato Plant" because the flowers smell like potatoes. |
| Flower Color: | Green Pink Other: Flowers are greenish-yellow with a reddish tinge so appear to be pink from a distance. |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Uses: | Dye production Medicinal Herb Useful for timber production |
| Edible Parts: | Leaves |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Birds |
| Toxicity: | Roots are poisonous |
| Miscellaneous: | Monoecious |
| Conservation status: | Least Concern (LC) |
