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The analysis of the fatty acid composition of the seed oil showed linoleic acid as the major component, followed by palmitic, oleic and stearic acids.

Monoecious, shrubby herb up to 60(–150) cm tall; taproot stout and very long; stem ascending, knotty, much-branched from the base, white-velvety hairy with stellate hairs. Leaves alternate, simple; stipules small; petiole long; blade angular-ovate to triangular-ovate, 2.5–4 cm × 1.5–3 cm, base deeply cordate with 2 glands, apex rounded, margins undulate, upper surface sparsely hairy, lower surface velvety hairy, 3-veined at base. Inflorescence a condensed axillary raceme, with male flowers at the top and female flowers at the base; bracts small. Flowers unisexual, regular, 5-merous; calyx velvety hairy, petals deep red; male flowers with short pedicel, stamens up to 10, filaments fused into a column; female flowers with pedicel elongating in fruit to 6 mm long, petals smaller than in male flowers, ovary superior, 3-celled, styles 3, fused at base, 2-fid at apex. Fruit a 3-lobed capsule c. 1 cm long, densely covered with white or violet-tinged, shiny stalked scales, 3-seeded. Seeds ovoid, smooth, yellowish brown, covered by a thin, pale, shiny aril.

''Chrozophora'' comprises 7–8 species and is distributed in Africa, southern Europe and Asia.

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