Bole: Branched/straight. Small. To 15 m. Bark: Grey-brown/black. Thick. Rough. Longitudinally fissured/scaling. Slash: Dark red/pink; orange toward wood. Thick. Leaf: Simple. Opposite/subopposite. Petiole: 0.4 - 0.8 cm. Channelled. Lamina: Small. 1.6 - 12 × 0.6 - 4.5 cm. Elliptic/lanceolate. Cuneate. Acute/obtuse. Entire. Glabrous. Red scales beneath; white scales above. Domatia: Absent. Glands: Absent. Stipules: Absent. Thorns & Spines: Absent. Flower: Cream. Axillary raceme. Fragrant. Dioecious. Fruit: Globose berry 0.6 cm in diameter.