The crown is round and can be as high as 3 to 5 meters. The xylem is yellow.
It can be as high as 8 meters and its branches are reddish brown.
The leaves of cotyledons are simple and alternate. The leaves are entire or denticulate. The petioles are slender, without stipules. The leaves are obovate or ovate.
The leaves of Trichosanthes tomentosa are simple, alternate, oval or obovate, 4 to 8 cm long, with entire leaves.
The flower is very small, the calyx has 5 cracks, the lobes are lanceolate, the petals have 5, long oval or oval lanceolate, the length is twice the calyx, the disk has 5 cracks, purple brown
The terminal panicle of Trichosanthes is lilac.