Shrubby; branches dark red-brown, as thick as a crowquill; branchlets terete. Leaves 3–4 in. by 1–2 in., thickly coriaceous, opaque, elliptic-ovate or oblong from a rounded base, subacute, similar and pale brown when dry on both surfaces, nerves 3, obscure on both surfaces, lateral nerves wholly obscured. Panicles axillary, spreading, corymbose, 2–3 in. in diameter, repeatedly umbellately branched, branches and peduncles strict, slender, terete, hoary; pedicels slender, 3-nate or umbelled; bracts at the bases of the pedicels minute, ovate, subacute. Calyx 1–12th in. in diameter, campanulate; limb 4-toothed; 8-costate inside. Petals triangular-ovate, tips valvate. Ovules 4–6. Berry 1/4 in. in diameter, globose, flesh thin, testa crustaceous, cotyledons crumpled.
