A shrub or small tree. It grows to 4-5 m high. The bark is grey and flaky. The branches hang down. They leaves are greyish-blue. They are fleshy. The leaves are 5 cm long by 3.5 cm wide. They taper at both ends. The flowers are in clusters at the ends of branches. Each flower is made up of 4 yellow-green fused petals. The fruit are round and red or black when ripe. They have a scar around the top. The fruit are in clusters on long stalks. The fruit have a small amount of flesh covering a single large seed. The plant grows as a parasite on the roots of other plants.