Shrubs (0.8–)2–4 m tall. Twigs brown, trigonous, winged, glabrous. Leaves scattered; petiole 2–4 mm, glabrous; leaf blade ovate or oblong-ovate, 7–18 × 4–8 cm, leathery, abaxially shortly brown glandular setose, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins 4–8 pairs, fine veins raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, base auriculate-cordate, margin irregularly serrate, apex acuminate or slightly caudate. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, racemose, 6–10 cm, many flowered, pubescent; bracts ovate, cucullate, ca. 7 mm, abaxially glabrous, adaxially densely puberulous; fruit stalk 3–6 mm, pubescent; bracteoles 2, median, ovate-lanceolate, ca. 2 mm, ciliolate. Flowers unknown. Calyx at fruiting red to rufous; capsule globose, 5–8 mm in diam. Fr. Oct–Mar.
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A stout erect shrub up to 2 m tall. It often hangs down from rock crevices. The stems are flexible and triangle shaped or winged. The small branches are red. The leaves are oblong. There are 16-22 flowers in a group. They are hairy and hang down. The flowers are 12-14 mm long. The fruits are round and hang like a bunch of grapes. They are edible.
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