A dense glabrous  shrub up to 0.5 to 1 m. Leaves alternate, simple, opposite, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers white, in dense spikes, white; bracts ovate or obovate; calyx deeply five-lobed; stamens glabrous. Fruits  four seeded capsules with a solid base. Seeds  glabrous. Flowering and fruiting between.February-May.
The tree is a common shrub distributed throughout India.