Small tree 3–5 m high; stem erect, branched. Leaves congested towards branch ends, narrowly to broadly strap-shaped, the oldest ones pendent, sessile, 25–100 cm long, 2.5–11 cm wide, with a scarious edge ± 1 mm wide; base sheathing, apex acute, tapering gradually into a filiform tip. Inflorescence erect, paniculate, 0.2–1.5 m long; flowers in groups of 1–4, more in terminal clusters; pedicel 5–10 mm long, articulated above the middle. Flowers greenish white, sometimes flushed with pink, 19–35(–42) mm long; tube 7–12 mm long, lobes 12–20 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide, lobes ± 1.5≈as long as the tube. Fruit orange or red, usually globose and single-seeded, sometimes lobed and 2–3-seeded, 7–19 mm in diameter; seed dirty white, ovoid, 5–10 mm long, 8–12 mm wide.