Shrubs, evergreen, climbing. Spines sometimes present, stout; young branches with overlapping dull silvery gray and pale brown scales. Petiole 8-10 mm, indumentum as for stem; leaf blade abaxially slightly brownish on midrib, adaxially brownish green when dried, broadly lanceolate to ovate, 6-15 × 3-6 cm, leathery, abaxially with overlapping silvery scales, adaxially densely scaly when young but soon glabrous, lateral veins 5-7 per side of midrib, raised abaxially, inconspicuous adaxially, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margin revolute, apex acuminate. Flowers mostly 1 per axil, sometimes clustered on reduced axillary shoots. Pedicel ca. 2 mm, reddish brown scaly. Calyx tube obconic-tubular, ± 4-angular, 6-8 × 2-3 mm, abruptly widening below lobes, outside with dense silvery white scales and scattered brown scales; lobes triangular, inside sparsely pale brown scaly, apex acuminate. Drupe 5-8 mm. Fl. Oct-Nov, fr. Apr.
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An evergreen shrub. It lies along the ground. It grows 3-5 m high. The small branches are angular and covered with brown scales. The leaves are oval and vary in shape and size. They can be 2-12 cm long by 2-7 cm wide. They taper to a point and have a round base. The leave are silvery underneath. The flowers are in clusters and tube shaped. They are 10 mm long by 3 mm wide. There are 4 lobes at the top. The fruit are narrowly oval and 2 cm long. They are red and have light brown scales.
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