A shrub or a small tree, up to 5 metres in height and a stem diameter of 10 cm.

Leaves opposite on the stem, egg shaped, though sometimes oblong or elliptical, with an abrupt short tip.

Clusters of white flowers form on a loose branching head from December to March.

Fruit matures from February to September, being a yellow or creamy drupe, 6 mm in diameter.

The fruit is reported to be edible to humans although they taste very bad when unripe and can irritate the throat.