Large shrub or small tree to c. 7 m with many smooth trunks; vegetative parts glabrous or nearly so. Lvs aromatic; petioles 5-13 mm long, often purplish. Lamina 4-13 × 1.5-4.5 cm, narrow-elliptic or elliptic, shining above; base cuneate; apex acute, cuspidate or acuminate. Umbels in upper lf axils; peduncles c. 5 mm long, glabrous or puberulent. Involucral bracts c. 5 mm long, strongly imbricate, glabrous or puberulent. Pedicels ± puberulent. Perianth 3-4 mm long, cream or whitish. ♂ fls with 8-12 stamens. Berry 1.3-1.5 × 0.6-1.3 cm, narrow- to broad-ellipsoid, glossy black.