Asiatic Tarenna is a compact bush to a small tree, to 3 m. Oblong to oblanceolate leaves are dark glossy green above, 10-15 long 3-4 cm wide, stalk to 1.5 cm. Flower cymes are corymb-like, terminal, to 4 cm. Sepal covering is bell-shaped, with 5 sepals. Fragrant flowers are cream colored, with a long narrow tube 8 mm across. The flower tube flares open into 5, twisted, reflexed petals. Five stamens protrude out of the flower. Berry dark blue when ripe, spherical, 5 mm across, with a crown of sepals.