Shrub up to c. 5 m. tall, with spreading branches; branchlets subterete, ± pubescent. Lvs sts fascicled, on puberulous petioles hardly 1 mm. long; lamina ± 5-10 × 5-10 mm., obcordate, cuneately narrowed to base, glab. except sts when young. Fls axillary, solitary, ± 6 mm. diam., on very slender pubescent peduncles ± 10-20 mm. long. Receptacle adnate to ovary, ± gland-dotted; sepals oblong, acute, pubescent; petals white, suborbicular. Berry broad-ovate c. 6-7 × 5 mm., bright to dark red, occ. violet. Seeds reniform, testa hard.
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