Habit: shrub, tree

Plant Height (m): 1.2-5.5 m

Elevation (m): 900-1060 m

Distribution: China: Guizhou

Young Branch: glabrous

Leaf upper surface: glabrous

Leaf texture: leathery

Leaf lower surface: pubescent, glandular

Leaf length (cm): 9-14 cm

Leaf width (cm): 3-5.4 cm

Leaf shape: oblong-elliptic, elliptic

Leaf margin: serrulate

Leaf apex: acuminate, caudately acuminate

Leaf base: broadly-cuneate, rounded

Lateral vein: pairs: 6-8

Petiole length (mm): 10 mm

Petiole: pubescent, sulcate

Flower: solitary

Flower position: axillary, subterminal

Pedicel: absent

Bractlet number: 4

Bractlet: deciduous after anthesis

Bractlet shape: semiorbicular, suborbicular

Branchlet length (mm): 1.5-2.5 mm

Bractlet hairiness: glabrous inside, glabrous outside, pubescent outside, margin ciliated

Sepal: leathery, margin membranous

Sepal number: 7-9

Sepal hairiness: glabrous inside, glabrous outside, pubescent outside

Petal number: 7-9

Petal color: yellowish

Petal shape: obovate

Petal length (mm): 11-15 mm

Stamen length (mm): 12 mm

Filaments hairiness: glabrous

Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate into a short tube

Ovary: pubescent

Ovary locus: 3-locular

Relative length of stamens and styles: equal

Style hairiness: pubescent at the lower part

Style: 3-parted, but not to the base

Fruit shape: ovate

Fruit height (cm): 1.8 cm

Fruit diameter (cm): 1.5 cm

Seed number per locule: 1

Seed shape: ovate

Seed color: brown

Seed hairiness: pubescent