A shrub or small tree with numerous, intricate, purplish, slightly puberulous branches. Leafstalks 1/4 in. long, pilose. Leaves rounded at the base, oblique, oblong, acuminate, finely serrated, nearly smooth, 3-nerved, arcuate-venose, 2–3 in. long, 1–1 1/2 in. wide. Flowers numerous, axillary, arranged chiefly at the ends of the branches. Peduncles downy. Flower-buds subglobose, ultimately oblong, downy. Flowers 1–1 1/2 in. in diam. Sepals oblong, white on the inner surface. Petals oblong-lanceolate, entire, half the length of the sepals. Anthers glabrous. Ovary densely clothed with very long setæ, 2-celled; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit the size of a large cherry, 4-lobed; lobes subglobose, copper-coloured, pilose.
