Erect shrub up to 1-(4) m. tall; branches and branchlets slender, densely pubescent when young; bark dark brown. Lvs on slender winged petioles ± 1-1·5 mm. long. Stipules sheathing near base, obovate-oblong, ± apiculate, ± pubescent, ciliate. Lamina rather thin, glab., dark green above, paler below; linear-oblong, obtuse to subacute, ± arcuate, gradually narrowed to base, 5-15 × 1-3 mm. Midrib evident, some secondary veins may be visible, or all venation obscured. Fls solitary, terminal on branchlets. ♂ without calyx; corolla funnel-form to tubular, lobes acute, ciliolate, < tube. ♀ with obscurely toothed calyx; corolla-tube short, < narrow acute lobes. Drupe white, depressed-globose, 3-4-(5) mm. diam.

2n = 44