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Flowers 4–18, in compound, paniculate or pseudumbellate racemes 1·5–7 cm. long borne in axils of caducous scale leaves at the base of current growth; bracteoles caducous; peduncle variable in length, subterete or ± compressed; pedicels c. 10–23 mm. long in fruit, longer than the sepals, articulated in the lower 1/4 (rarely at the base).
Shrub or small tree (1) 2–5 m. high, much branched, with bark grey-brown, closely longitudinally fissured and with transverse cracks; branches slender, green and striate at first, becoming pale or purplish-brown.
Sepals 5·5–7 mm. long in flower, narrowly elliptic to oblong, acute, occasionally with a small subapical tooth, becoming deep pink or red, 7–8·5 mm. long and spreading in fruit.
Drupelets 5–6 × 4–5 mm., globose or obovoid, dorsally carinate when dry.
Stamens with anthers 5–5·5 mm. long, orange, rugose or papillose.
Petals yellow, 6–8 × 2–3 mm., elliptic-oblong.
A shrub or small tree.
Carpels 5.
