A large shrub or a small tree with branches often spinous but branchlets unarmed.Leaves pubescent when young, broadly oblong or ovate, entire or dentate. Flowersborne in corymbs, greenish white, somewhat viscid, with unpleasant smell. Calyx 2-lipped or irregularly 5-toothed. Corolla twice the length of calyx. Drupe black,globose. Seeds oblong. (India)