Habit: shrub, tree

Plant Height (m): 3.5-5 m

Elevation (m): 440-450 m

Distribution: China: Guangxi

Young Branch: glabrous, stramineous

Leaf upper surface: glabrous

Leaf texture: papery

Leaf lower surface: glabrous

Leaf length (cm): 9-19 cm

Leaf width (cm): 4-8.5 cm

Leaf shape: obovate-elliptic, obovate

Leaf margin: serrulate

Leaf apex: caudate

Leaf base: broadly-cuneate, cuneate

Lateral vein: pairs: 14-19

Petiole length (mm): 2-5 mm

Petiole: glabrous

Flower: solitary, 2-5 flowers clustered

Flower position: axillary

Pedicel: tenuous

Pedicel length (cm): 1.7-4.5 cm

Pedicel hairiness: glabrous

Bractlet number: 2-4

Bractlet: early deciduous

Bractlet position: near the middle of pedicel

Sepal number: 5

Sepal shape: broadly ovate, suborbicular

Sepal length (mm): 4-5 mm

Sepal width (mm): 3-4 mm

Sepal hairiness: glabrous outside, margin ciliated, pubescent inside

Petal number: 7-8

Petal color: white

Petal shape: obovate-elliptic

Petal length (mm): 10 mm

Petal width (mm): 7-8 mm

Stamen length (mm): 7-8 mm

Filaments hairiness: glabrous

Filaments: the base of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube

Ovary: glabrous

Ovary shape: orbicular

Ovary locus: 3-locular

Style hairiness: glabrous

Style: 3-parted, but not to the base