This is a creeping plant with attractively colored edible fruits when ripe. The leave when crushed leaves a mildly rank aroma. Though a native of America, the plant is growing naturally on its own in South East Asian countries. The plant prefers place with arid soil. The three-lobed leaves are viscid-hairy. The fruits playing marble sized with a thin, scarlet red shell surrounding a blush-white pulp, mildly sweet, delicately flavored.   Both the flowers and ripen fruits are attractive. Young leaves and shoot are said to be edible. In Vietnam, the dried leaves are used in tea. A sort of folk medicine to relieve sleeping problems. The bracts of this plant serve appears to serve as insect traps. So far there has been no official study as to whether the plant digests and gains nourishment from the trapped insects. In the meantime the bracts look like a good defensive mechanism to protect its flowers and fruit.