Water Apple tree has a short, crooked trunk branching close to the ground, and a non-symmetrical open crown. The leaves are elliptical, but rounded at the base, they are aromatic when crushed. The bark is pinkish-grey in color. The Flowers are white to yellowish white with four petals and numerous stamens. The fruit is bell shaped edible berry, with colors ranging from white, pale green, or green to red or even black. When mature the tree is considered heavy bearer, yielding a crop of up to 100 fruits.

It is a medium size tree, can grow more than 8 meter in height if planted in ground. It is an evergreen plant with broad leaves. The flowers are white to yellowish-white, with four petals and numerous stamens. The resulting fruit is a bell-shaped, edible berry with colors ranging from white, pale green, or green to red, purple, or crimson, to deep purple or even black. The fruit grows 4–6 centimetres long and has 4 fleshy calyx lobes at the tip. The skin is thin, and the flesh is white and spongy and fruits appear on nearly any point on the surface of the trunk and branches. When mature, the tree is considered a heavy bearer. It does not taste like an apple, and it has neither the fragrance nor the density of an apple. It is comparable to the taste of a watermelon. Unlike either apple or watermelon, the wax apple's flesh has a very loose weave. The very middle holds a seed situated in a sort of cotton-candy-like mesh. This mesh is edible, but flavorless.