Shrub becoming scandent with age, glabrescent stems, coriaceous glabrous leaves to 110mm x 65mm, termina lsparsely reddish puberulent panicles with bractlike glabrous reddish or reddish-purple subtending leaf to 70mm x 60mm, calyx tube 11.5mm x 1mm glabrous outside & villous within, calyx lobes 3mm x 0.75mm glabrous within, petal lobes 0.5mm long. glabrous drupe 30mm x 15mm sparsely villous with 10 vertical ribs & spines at top