Compact shrub c. 1 m high. Branchlets ±terete, ±stellate-puberulous all round. Leaves oblong-elliptic to obovate, 7–15 mm long, 2.5–6 mm wide, flat with slightly recurved margins, entire or minutely crenate towards rounded apex, leathery, glabrous, glossy; midrib impressed adaxially. Inflorescence compact, terminal; pedicels c. 2.5 mm long, fleshy, glabrous, with 2 short bracteoles near base. Calyx lobes deltate, c. 0.5 mm long, fleshy, glabrous. Petals spreading, elliptic, c. 4 mm long, pale pink to white, glabrous. Stamens slightly exceeding petals. Gynophore c. 0.3 mm high, fleshy, somewhat broader than ovary. Carpels 5; ovary subspherical, c. 1 mm high, corrugate, glabrous. Cocci rounded at apex and shortly rostrate on outer angle.
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