Stem simple or branched distally, 15--100 cm. Petiole 7--10 mm; leaf blade elliptic to broadly lanceolate, 6--13 × 2--5.5 cm, cross veins indistinct, base obtuse to cuneate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences terminal, umbellate, 3--5-flowered; pedicels 0.5--2.2 cm. Flowers semiopening, fragrant. Tepals white, rose, or yellow, obovate-oblanceolate, 5--9 × 2--4 mm, base saccate, apex rounded. Stamens 6--9(--10) mm, slightly exserted; filaments 4--8 mm; anthers 3--4 mm. Ovary 2--2.5 mm. Style 3--7 mm, usually slightly exserted. Berries black, subglobose, 6--9 mm in diam. Fl. Dec--May, fr. Aug--Oct.