It is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 3-12 m tall. The leaves are 7-15 cm long and 2.6-5 cm broad, with an entire or finely toothed margin. The flowers are white, pale yellow, yellow, or orange-yellow, small (1 cm long), with a four-lobed corolla 5 mm diameter, and have a strong fragrance; they are produced in small clusters in the late summer and autumn. The fruit is a purple-black drupe 10-15 mm long containing a single hard-shelled seed; it is mature in the spring about six months after flowering.

• The leaves are 7-15 cm long
• 2.6-5 cm broad
• The flowers are white
• pale yellow
• Worldwide

The leaves are 7-15 cm long