A deciduous shrub or small tree up to 2.5 m high. Bark dark brown to grey-brown. Branches glabrous. Leaves opposite or fascicled, if fascicled usually on dwarf lateral branches; lamina elliptic to almost circular, (13.6-)16.2-25.2(-26.7) x (9-)12.9-18.9(-22.8) mm; base obtuse to rounded; apex obtuse to rounded; glabrous above and below, seldom very sparsely hairy when young, dark green above, paler below; petiole short, (0.5-)1.1-2.4(-2.7) mm long, glabrous to rarely sparsely hairy; margins entire; lateral veins 3-5, opposite to alternate near the leaf base, otherwise alternate. Inflorescence: dense 2-15-flowered fascicles or pedunculate cymes. Peduncle and pedicel glabrous or very sparsely hairy, pedicel (1.5-)2.1-2.9(-3.7) mm long. Flowers 5-merous, greenish to lime-green. Calyx lobes (1.2-)1.7-1.9(-2.6) x (1-)1.3-1.4(-1.9) mm, glabrous to sparsely hairy. Corolla glabrous to sparsely hairy on outside, with a distinct ring of reflexed hairs in throat; tube (2.3-)2.5-2.7(-3.2) mm long, (2.1-)2.5-2.8(-3.4) mm in diameter at mouth; lobes elliptic-oblong (2.9-)3.3-3.5(-4.1) mm long, occasionally mucronate abaxially at apex. Stamens inserted in corolla mouth. Anthers exserted, (0.9-)1.3-1.4(-1.6) mm long. Style (3.1-)3.6-3.9(-4.6) mm long, glabrous, conversely curved so as to touch throat of tube between two anthers. Disc (1.8-)2.2-2.3(-2.8) mm in diameter, depressed or tumid. Hypanthium (1.1-)1.6-1.7(-2.1) mm long. Fruit a glabrous, subglobose drupe, length (15.3-) 17.9-24.1(-27.5) mm, width (14.7-)17.5-25.9(-29.4) mm, breadth (13.6-)16.3-23.7(-27.2) mm; pedicel (0.5-)0.8-1.9(-2.3) mm long, with 1-4 pyrenes., edible, tasting similar to those of V. infausta; seeds bean-shaped. Flowering period: November to December. Fruiting period: March to April.
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