Inflorescences congested, axillary in the uppermost leaf-axils, shorter than the leaves, and also terminal, arranged in whorls, with the axis and the very short branches subappressed-fulvous-hairy.
Suffrutex up to 1·5 m. tall with woody rootstock and creeping roots; stems sparsely branched, ± dark brown, terete, sometimes angulate at the upper part, striate, ± pilose to glabrescent.
Petals whitish, 3–3·5 mm. long, oblong, inflexed at the apex, dorsally appressed-hairy.
Calyx-segments 1·8–2·5 mm. long, ovate-triangular, externally puberulous.
Drupe, black, shining, 5–6 × 8–9 mm., transversely ellipsoid.