The thin, leathery exocarp is discarded by all consumers and causes a burning sensation in the human mouth.
The name is derived from the tough and leathery nature of thy skin of the larva.
His lungs become like a leathery sponge.
The leathery leaves resemble holly and the stems and twigs have a thickened, corky appearance.
As a result, they have tough, leathery blue-grey skin, which exudes no moisture.
It is a shrub that grows to 1.54 m in height, with leathery leaves that are oblong-ovate to obovate, 611 by 4.57 cm in size.
Leaves are opposite, ovate to oblong, up to 8 cm long, thick and leathery, hairless, three times as long as wide, tapering at the tips.
The leaves are alternate, leathery, narrow oblong, 10 15 cm long and 2.5 - 3.5 cm wide, and without stipules.
