Shrub or tree up to 8 m. tall, depressed to prostrate when very stongly insolated; branches stout, bark light brown; branchlets pubescent when young. Lvs on stout glab. petioles 8-16 mm. long. Stipules broad-triangular, subacute to subtruncate, glab.; denticles several, conspicuous, central one prominent. Lamina thick, subfleshy, very glossy, dark green above, paler below; broad-oblong to broadly ovate-oblong, rounded to truncate to retuse or emarginate, sts apiculate; ± 6-8 × 4-5 cm. (shade lvs); 2-3 × 1·5-2 cm. (sun lvs); margins recurved, sts inrolled. Reticulations evident above and below. Fls in compound clusters on branched peduncles. ♂ many per cluster; calyx-teeth minute; corolla funnelform, lobes 4-5, acute, ± = tube. ♀ us. 3 per cluster; calyx-teeth short, obtuse; corolla subfunnelform, c. 5 mm. long, lobes acute or obtuse, < tube; stigmas stout. Drupe orange-red, depressed-obovoid, ± 10 × 8 mm.

2n = 44