HABIT	A SMALL SPREADING SHRUB, UP TO 5 M TALL.
STEMS	UP TO 15 CM IN DIAMETER, BARK ROUGH, BROWN TO GREY, BRANCHLETS SLENDER.
LEAVES	DIFFERENTLY SHAPED; SPIRALLY ARRANGE, 1.5 MM LONG ON THE ORTHOTROPIC SHOOTS; PLAGIOTROPIC SHOOTS WITH NORMALLY DEVELOPED, DISTICHOUS, ELLIPTIC TO OBOVATE LEAVES, 1-5 CM X 0.5-2.5 CM, ENTIRE, CUNEATE TO ROUNDED AT BASE, OBTUSE TO EMARGINATE AT APEX, GLABROUS AND SHORTLY PETIOLATE.
FLOWERS	IN FEW-FLOWERED FASCICLES OR SOLITARY IN LEAF AXILS, UNISEXUAL, OFTEN A SINGLE FEMALE FLOWER AND SOME MALE FLOWERS TOGETHER, SOMETIMES ARRANGED ON LEAFLESS SHOOTS AND THOSE THEN SEEMINGLY LONG RACEMES.
FRUITS	A DEPRESSED-GLOBOSE BERRY, UP TO 7 MM IN DIAMETER, USUALLY BLUEISH-BLACK WHEN RIPE WITH DARK PURPLISH PULP.
SEEDS	TRIGONOUS, UP TO 2 MM LONG, BLACKISH.