The tree height is 2 to 5 m, but the larger one reaches 7 m in height. The bark of the trunk is brown gray and smooth. The young branches are green with white hairs that grow from green to brownish gray. The leaves are opposite to each other, the petiole is 5 to 20 mm long, has some hair, has a wide groove on the top surface, and rarely has a bamboo leaf. The leaf blades are 5 to 15 cm long, 2 to 9 cm wide, the shape is elliptical to the shape of a fallen egg. There are sharp or coarse saw blades at the edges, but no saw blades near the base. At the end of the branch, a pyramid-shaped scattered inflorescence with a length of 4 to 7 cm and a diameter of 6 to 14 cm is attached, and many white flowers are densely attached. Inflorescence branches are usually opposite, and there is usually hair along with the inflorescence axis. The fruit is an oval drupe that is 8 to 10 mm in length, initially red and then black when fully ripened. The nucleus that contains one seed is an oval oval that is 7 to 8 mm long and about 2.5 mm thick, with one deep groove running vertically on the ventral side of the nucleus.