Where found:

• Lowland to montane forests and margins
  
• Up to 915 metres
  

• An upright slender branching shrub or small tree, rounded crown when growing in the open, juvenile tree is open branched with slightly drooping foliage, the branches are brittle
  
• Long lance-like alternate leaves with serrated margins (5-16cm x 1-2cm)
  
• Small (5mm) flowers with five petals in clusters of 2-5, usually yellow, but vary in colour with some being red/brown on the same tree
  
• Dark purple berries (4-6mm in diameter) that cover the branches of the tree
  
• Brownish grey bark that is faintly wrinkled