An erect, much-branched shrub, 1 to 4 meters in height. Leaves occur in clusters on short branches and are obovate to oblong-obovate, 1 to 6 centimeters long, entire or somewhat toothed or lobed near the apex, narrow and pointed at the base, short-stalked, and rough on the upper surface. Flowers are axillary, solitary, or , or 2 to 4 on a common stalk, and borne in inflorescences shorter than the leaves and in the axils of the leaves; the calyx-lobes are green, somewhat hairy, and linear being 5 to 6 millimeters long; the corolla is white, 5 millimeters long, and divided into oblong lobes. Fruit a drupe, yellow, rounded, 4 to 5 millimeters in diameter, four-seeded, somewhat fleshy in the part, and stony inside.

Stomachic (tea made from leaves); as antidote for vegetable poisons (root)

Philippine Medicinal Plants
Bureau of Plant Industry