Shrub, l-4 m tall, densely pubescent with long, stiff, erect or recurved trichomes. Leaves paired, one often smaller than the other; petioles to 1.5 cm long; blades narrowly ovate-elliptic, acuminate, acute to rounded and usually unequal at base, 6-20 cm long, 2.5-8 cm wide, entire or minutely serrate, pliveined, the veins 5-7. Inflorescences short, paniculate or racemose, bearing few flowers; hypanthium and calyx bell-shaped, 3-4 mm long; calyx truncate, the exterior teeth subulate, to 4 mm long; petals 5, white, turning brown on drying, oblong, 5-7 mm long; stamens to 4 mm long; filaments arcuate below anthers; style slightly shorter than petals; stigma simple. Berries subglobose, to 1 cm diam, green turning blue-black at maturity; seeds minute, numerous. Croat 11940.