Shrubs ca. 2 m tall, sparsely glandular papillose-puberulent on branchlets, petioles, and inflorescence rachis. Branchlets terete, 3-5 mm in diam. Petiole canaliculate, marginate, 5-7 mm; leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 7-14(-20) × 2-3.5(-5.5) cm, papery, pellucid punctate, minutely brown scaly abaxially, base cuneate, decurrent, margin serrulate, punctate and with vascularized marginal nodules on teeth, apex acuminate or acute; lateral veins up to 18 on each side of midrib, prominent, marginal vein evident. Inflorescences terminal umbels, on specialized lateral branches. Flowers papery, white, 4-5 mm. Pedicel 1-1.5 cm, usually densely pubescent. Sepals broadly ovate to suborbicular, ca. 1.5 mm, densely punctate, margin entire, ciliate, apex rounded. Petals nearly free, ovate, 4-5 mm, glabrous, punctate, margin entire, apex acute. Stamens subequalling petals; filaments shorter than anthers; anthers narrowly lanceolate, longitudinally dehiscent, punctate dorsally, apex acute. Pistil equaling petals; ovary glabrous, punctate; ovules numerous, multiseriate. Fruit red, becoming black, globose, 6-8 mm in diam., punctate. Fl. Jan-Aug, fr. Aug-Mar.
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An evergreen shrub or small tree. It grows 3-6 m high. The young branches have rusty hairs. The leaves are alternate and fairly leathery. They are sword shaped and 7-18 cm long and 3-6 cm wide. They taper to the tip and are wedge shaped at the base. There are teeth around the edge. The flowers are pink-white. There are 8-14 flowers in a group. The fruit are round and black. They are 5 mm across.
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