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Shrubs 1–3 m. Leaves: blade usually narrowly elliptic to ovate-elliptic, seldom widely lanceolate, 8–20 × 5–12 cm, base subrounded or broadly cuneate, margins dentate on distal 1/2 or entire, apex acuminate, abaxial surface light green, adaxial surface green, sometimes yellow-variegated, glossy. Inflorescences: staminate 7–10 cm, pistillate (1–)2–3 cm. Flowers: petals valvate, purplish red to dark red, ovate to ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 3.5–4.5 × 2–2.5 mm, apex acuminate; nectary slightly 4-lobed, fleshy. Drupes ovoid, 2 cm. 2n = 16, 32.
A bushy shrub. It grows 1.8-3 m high. It forms sprouts at the base. Stems are weak and lay on the ground forming roots. The leaves are large and glossy. They They are 25 cm long and have teeth. The flowers are small and white, purple or red. The fruit are berries and are green but eventually turn scarlet. They droop in clusters. Fruit are 12 mm long. Trees can be separately male and female.
