Glabrous shrub or small tree 0.5–4 m high. Leaves: lamina ovate to elliptic, 30–70 mm long, 10–20 mm wide, base cuneate, margin dentate, flat or slightly recurved, apex obtuse; petiole 3–7 mm long; stipules 0.5–2 mm. Flowers white or cream. Pedicels 3–4 mm long. Hypanthium 2–3 mm diam. Sepals 1.5–1.7 mm long. Petals 0.9–1.2 mm long. Stamens c. 1 mm long; anthers 0.4 mm long. Style 1.2–1.5 mm long, virtually entire or slightly lobed. Fruit globular, 8–10 mm long, black or brown. Seeds 4–5 mm long, blackish with a brown or black, with fimbriate aril.
Shrub or small tree to 4 m. Leaves elliptic-oblong, serrate, glossy above, paler beneath. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicles, white. Fruits globose, calyx cup persistent.