This is a gangly evergreen shrub reaching a maximum height of over two meters.

The stems, and especially new twigs, are sometimes purple in color and slightly hairy.

It bears hairy, oval-shaped, pointed green leaves up to 13 centimeters long.

Plentiful inflorescences appear at the tips of stem branches, each a dense cluster of up to 10 hairy red flowers.

The fruit is a berry about 1.5 centimeters wide which is red on the outside and white inside with about 10 small brown seeds.