Fruiting carpels bright red, ellipsoid to ellipsoid-oblong, 1·5–7·5 cm. long. including the rather slender 0·5–2 cm. long hooked apical beak
Flowers pale yellow or yellowish green to dull reddish, or purplish-red inside and yellowish outside
Shrub or small tree, usually 2–10 ft., rarely to 16 ft., high
A shrub. It grows 3 m high.