Growth form: shrub
Height: 2–5 m, with a spreading habit
Leaves: Compound (3–5 leaflets), alternate, petiolate, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, dark green, glabrous or slightly pubescent, entire or slightly toothed margin, apex acuminate
Flowers: Blue-violet or lavender, fragrant, in terminal cymes or axillary panicles
Blooming period: Summer
Fruits: Spherical drupes, black at maturity, containing a single seed