Shrub to 4 m or small tree to 6 m. Leaves ± thin, lamina elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 5.5–13(–15) cm long, 2.5–5.5 cm wide, abruptly acuminate at the apex, narrowly cuneate at the base, entire or rarely some leaves with 1–3 teeth with a distinct seta directed apically; venation itself slightly prominent on both surfaces but above the lateral veins lie in slightly depressed furrows; petiole 4–7 mm long; stipules very narrowly triangular, 4 mm long, striate. Inflorescences axillary, short, sessile, 1–3-flowered; pedicels 10–14 mm long, articulated at the base. Sepals in bud 5–7 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, enlarging to 15 mm long and 5 mm wide in fruit and becoming red. Petals yellow, elliptic, 4 mm long, 2–3 mm wide; anthers 4 mm long. Drupelets ellipsoid, 13 mm long, 6–7 mm wide.