Much-branched shrub or multi-stemmed tree, up to 4 m high; often stunted. Leaves petiolate; blade obovate, 20-35 x 12-23 mm, apex acute or rounded, glabrous or main veins with setae, other veins with scattered setae, usually coriaceous; petioles 3-8 mm long. Flowers in scorpioid cymes, inflorescences terminal, 1 or several in a head on young shoots; peduncles and pedicels thick, up to 1.5 mm in diameter; corolla with tube 8-10 mm long, white, lobes shorter than tube, lilac, blue, bluish purple or purple; Oct.-Mar. Fruit a drupe with 4 pyrenes; pyrenes subglobose, 5 x 7 mm.
Much-branched shrub or multi-stemmed tree, often stunted. Leaves petiolate; blade obovate, 20-35 x 12-23 mm, base cuneate, apex acute or rounded, margins entire, glabrous or main veins with setae, other veins with scattered setae, usually coriaceous; petioles 3-8 mm long. Flowers in scorpioid cymes, cymes terminal or clustered in a head; peduncles and pedicels thick, up to 1.5 mm in diam. Corolla cylindric, 8-10 mm long; tube white; lobes shorter than tube, lilac, blue, bluish purple or purple. Flowering time Oct.-Mar.