Weeping tree, evergreen and fast growing.6-8 m tall, although in optimal conditions it reaches 25 m.Dark brown bark, sometimes grayish or colored red, with a cracked surface, more or less rough and scaly. The fern-shaped leaves are divided into numerous narrow and lanceolate leaflets, smooth and deep green.hermaphrodite or unisexual flowers of small size, grouped in terminal and axillary hanging panicles, yellowish or yellow-greenish.fruit in bright pink drupe, the size of a peppercorn.