Deciduous, small, spreading tree, 3-8 m high when mature (narrow in outline with ± erect branches when young), not armed; trunk short. Lf petiole 12-20 mm long, glabrous; blade thin, obovate to broadly elliptic, (50)-60-130-(170) × 20-60-(90) mm, cuspidate, rounded or occasionally obtuse at base, with both surfaces glabrous with major veins obvious, serrulate with teeth acute; stipules short, triangular, laciniate, deciduous. Fls in umbel-like clusters of (1)-2-3-(5), on very short shoots which elongate after anthesis, not fragrant, pendent; pedicels (8)-12-25 mm long, glabrous. Hypanthium narrowly campanulate; sepals triangular, 3-6 mm long, acute, magenta to dark deep red, glabrous, shining, at first erect but becoming spreading or reflexed. Petals 5, (5)-6-12 mm diam., the lower parts remaining semi-erect and corolla appearing ± campanulate; upper portion eventually spreading, ± broadly elliptic-ovate to orbicular, narrowly emarginate, deep pink to rose-magenta. Stamens slightly < to just > corolla; filaments flushed magenta to crimson. Fr. up to 12 × 10 mm, ovoid, ellipsoid or ovoid-oblong, glabrous, glossy scarlet; stone smooth.