Older red leaves on or below the tree are a ready identification clue. 매달린 꽃은 흰색이고 대부분의 꿀풀과와 마찬가지로 프린지가 있으며 길이가 5cm인 총상꽃차례에 달립니다. Fruits are globular, about cm diameter, blue, and with a thin flesh around a stony endocarp which is clothed in dense fibres.