Shrub up to ± 3m. tall; bark rough, dark brown; branches spreading rigid; branchlets us. drooping, stiff, ± pubescent when young. Lvs alt. or in fascicles on arrested branchlets, on short petioles. Lamina coriac. 5-15-(20) × 5-10-(15) mm., broad-obovate to obcordate, emarginate to retuse or sts 2-lobed at apex; margins flat to recurved, ± ciliolate when young. Infl. of few-fld fascicles or fls solitary. Fls 2-3 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes 5, ovate; petals 4-(5), free, obovate, revolute; style short; stigma capitate or lobed. Fr. subturbinate-globose, 4-5 mm. diam., purplish.