A medium-sized, deciduous tree; bark light grey, exfoliating in irregular patches Leaves up to 13 x 3 mm, subsessile, oblong-elliptic, acute or mucronate at aper closely set and overlapping on deciduous branchlets; stipules minute. Flowers in axillary fascicles. Calyx-lobes 6, oblanceolate, greenish-yellow. Stamens 3; filaments connate. Fruit drupaceous, up to 3 cm across. Seeds trigonous. Frequent in forests. Fruits are used for pickles and in medicine.