Glabrous evergreen shrub, up to 1 m tall. Leaves in terminal clusters, 65-90 x 25-35 mm, glabrous, glossy, oblanceolate to lanceolate, cuneate, acute to acuminate, gland dotted. Flowers subsessile, greenish-white. Calyx lobes 2.5-3 mm, oblong, obtuse, persistent. Petals white, 5 mm long, oblong. Filaments 5, about as long as the petals, glabrous, absent in female flower. Ovary ovoid, 2-5-locular. Fruit ovoid, c. 9 mm, bright red.
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