Shrub to 2 m high. Branches slender, minutely puberulous. Leaves sessile, 3–5-foliolate, glabrous or sparsely puberulous; leaflets linear, thick, 1–2 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary, somewhat pendulous, forming floriferous branches; pedicel c. 1 cm long. Sepals very broadly ovate, 2 mm long, glabrous. Petals orbicular, 6–7 mm long, minutely puberulous or glabrous; abaxial surface dark brown to purple-black, rarely yellow; adaxial surface yellow. Disc narrow, glabrous. Stamens: filaments terete, glabrous; antisepalous anthers sterile, suborbicular, c. 1 mm long, dark purple; antipetalous anthers fertile, suborbicular, c. 0.5 mm long, pale yellow. Ovary ±glabrous; stigma sessile, massive, depressed-spherical, obtusely 4-lobed, glabrous, dark purple to black.
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An evergreen shrub. It grows 1 m high and spreads 1 m wide. The stem is slender. The plant has a fine textured crown. The leaves are green and very fine. The flowers are brown and bell shaped.
The fragrant flowers are the source of an essential oil used in create a black currant flavouring food manufacture. It is used in drinks, ice creams, and baked goods.
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Cultivated as an ornamental. The flowers are sweet orange-scented and are used in the perfume industry.
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