Shrub, young parts puberulous; leaves whorled, 4 at each node, elliptic-ovate, thinly pubescent above, densely pubescent below, acute at both ends, nerves 8-12 pairs; flowers small, white, 5-7 in axillary or terminal, short corymbs; calyx cupular, puberulous, lobes 5, short, equal or subequal, ovate, ciliate, subacute; corolla white or creamy, tube inflated at the top, pubescent along the throat; lobes ovate-rounded, obtuse, equal to the length of tube; stamens-5, iinserted at or above the middle of corolla tube, included; ovary globose, carpels-2, connate, style filiform, stigma depressed, capitate or bilobed; drupes dark when wipe, 2-4 lobed, glabrous or hirsute, usually 1-seeded.