Evergreen shrub 1-2 m tall. Leaves oblong to oblanceolate, 5-10 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, glossy above, margin sharply toothed. Flowers white to pink, in clusters 5-7.5 cm long; spring to summer. Fruit blue-black, to about 1 cm wide.

Occasionally naturalised around old habitations in NSW.

S China.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Rosaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.