A shrub or small tree. It keeps growing from year to year. It can grow 14 m tall. The leaves have short stalks and the leaves are 6-13 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. The flowers are greenish-white. Male flowers are in groups and female flowers occur singly. The fruit is a capsule 13 mm long. It is somewhat fleshy and has 4 seeds. The fruit are bluish when ripe.