Shrubs, 2-5 m tall. Petiole slender, 1-3 cm, glabrous; leaf blade suborbicular or broadly ovate, 2-6 × 2-5 cm, papery, glabrous adaxially, abaxially with tufts of hair in axils of veins, base rounded, apex rounded, rarely slightly retuse or acute, lateral veins prominent. Inflorescence paniculate, terminal, with slender branches, glabrous. Pedicel 3-4 mm, longer and light purple villous in sterile flowers. Calyx glabrous, lobes ovate-triangular, ca. 1 mm. Petals oblong-elliptic, ca. 1.5 mm, glabrous. Stamens shorter than petals; anthers ovoid. Disk annular. Ovary reniform, ca. 0.7 mm, glabrous, slightly compressed; styles 3, lateral. Drupe reniform, ca. 4.5 × 3 mm, glabrous, rugose. Fl. May, fr. Oct.
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