Medium-sizeal bush, 3 - 7m. high. Young shoots reddish-purple. Leaves alternate,imparipinnate, including 4 - 7 leaflets, thick, entire or minutely dentate. Inflorescencein terminal corymbiferous cyme; flowers white, fragrant. Berry subglobose, rongh,with glands, red when ripe. All parts of the plant, especially the leaves and fruit, arestrongly aromatic (Vietnam)