Shrub to small tree 1–13 m high, with tendency to root sucker; bark grey. Leaves: petiole 3–7 mm long; lamina oblanceolate to obovate, 3.7–13.2 cm long, 1–4.5 cm wide, base cuneate, margin sometimes revolute, may have some coarse teeth present, apex acute to obtuse, upper surface shiny green or with a varnished appearance, pale below, coriaceous, glands globular, red when dry. Inflorescence with 4–9 flowers per fascicle, peduncles to 2 mm long. Flowers usually 4-merous, pedicels 2.5–5 mm long, corolla dull cream to pale yellow; calyx similar in both sexes; male corolla turbinate to ovoid, to 3.5 mm long, tending to initially cohere at the apex; female campanulate, to 2.25 mm long, lobes shorter than tube; anthers 0.75–1.5 mm long; ovary c. 1 mm long; stigma globular, margins spreading, weakly ridged; ovules 4 or 5. Fruit globular, 4–5 mm diam., blue to purple.
Usually found in closed forests ranging from beach dune scrub to evergreen and semi-deciduous dry rainforest, often extending into eucalypt forest; soils are variable. Occurs from near-level adjacent to mangroves to c. 1000 m alt.
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