HABIT	A SHRUB.
STEMS	ERECT, 0.5–4 M HIGH, WITH NO BRANCHES.
LEAVES	SIMPLE, OPPOSITE; BOTH SURFACES SPARSELY VILLOUSPUBESCENT, ELLIPTIC, BROADLY ELLIPTIC, OVATE OR ELONGATE OVATE, 3.5–20 CM WIDE, 6–25 CM LONG, DENTATE
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE IN TERMINAL, PEDUNCLED, FEWFLOWERED CYME; FLOWERS WHITE WITH PURPLISH PINK OR DULL-PURPLE THROAT, PUBESCENT.
FRUITS	BERRY, GLOBOSE, TURNED BLUISH-BLACK OR BLACK WHEN RIPE, ENCLOSED IN THE RED ACCRESCENT FRUITING-CALYX.