Habit: shrub
Plant Height (m): 1-4 m
Elevation (m): 500-1350 m
Distribution: China: Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang
Young Branch: pubescent
Leaf upper surface: glabrous
Leaf texture: thickly leathery
Leaf lower surface: glabrous, pubescent, glandular
Leaf length (cm): 6-9 cm
Leaf width (cm): 3-4.5 cm
Leaf shape: oblong-elliptic, elliptic
Leaf margin: serrulate, sharply serrate
Leaf apex: acute, caudate
Leaf base: broadly-cuneate, obtuse
Lateral vein: pairs: 6-7
Petiole length (mm): 5-10 mm
Petiole: glabrous, pubescent
Flower position: axillary, subterminal
Pedicel: absent
Bractlet number: 7-8
Bractlet: deciduous after anthesis
Bractlet shape: lunate, ovate, semiorbicular
Bractlet hairiness: glabrous inside, pubescent outside, margin ciliated
Sepal: leathery, deciduous after anthesis
Sepal number: 7-8
Sepal hairiness: glabrous inside, margin ciliated, pubescent outside
Petal number: 5-6
Petal color: white
Petal shape: obovate
Petal apex: retuse
Petal length (mm): 20-35 mm
Petal width (mm): 15-25 mm
Stamen length (mm): 7-10 mm
Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate into a short tube
Ovary: pubescent
Ovary shape: suborbicular
Style hairiness: glabrous
Style: free, 3-parted to near the base
Fruit shape: oblate
Fruit height (cm): 2 cm
Fruit diameter (cm): 2.5 cm
Seed shape: semiorbicular
Seed color: castaneous
