Slender shrub to 4 m. Stem single stemmed. Branchlets slender. Leaves opposite, obovate to broadly elliptic, usually small, 25-55 x 10-30 mm, apex tapered or rounded, dark blue-green, thin, nodules scattered, domatia present. Petiole short. Flower white, calyx lobes needle-shaped, 4-5 mm. Clustered on short, leafless (or ± so) branchlets. Fruits black.