Habit: shrub, tree

Plant Height (m): 2-5 m

Elevation (m): 760-2000 m

Distribution: China: Yunnan

Young Branch: pubescent

Leaf upper surface: midrib hairy

Leaf texture: leathery

Leaf lower surface: glabrous, pubescent, glandular

Leaf length (cm): 5.5-9 cm

Leaf width (cm): 2-3.5 cm

Leaf shape: oblong-elliptic, elliptic, ovate

Leaf margin: serrulate

Leaf apex: acuminate, acute, obtusely pointed

Leaf base: cuneate, obtuse

Lateral vein: pairs: 7

Petiole length (mm): 3-5 mm

Petiole: pubescent

Flower: solitary

Flower position: subterminal

Pedicel: absent

Bractlet number: 9

Bractlet: persistent

Bractlet shape: broadly ovate, semiorbicular

Bractlet hairiness: pubescent inside, pubescent outside

Sepal: leathery, margin membranous, persistent

Sepal number: 9

Sepal shape: broadly ovate, semiorbicular

Sepal hairiness: pubescent inside, pubescent outside

Petal number: 7

Petal shape: obovate-elliptic, sepal-shaped

Stamen length (mm): 8 mm

Filaments hairiness: glabrous

Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube

Ovary: pubescent

Ovary shape: orbicular

Style number: 3

Style hairiness: glabrous

Style: free

Fruit shape: oblate

Fruit height (cm): 2 cm

Fruit diameter (cm): 3-3.5 cm

Pericarp: glabrous

Seed number per locule: 1, 2

Seed shape: semiorbicular, orbicular

Seed color: brown

Seed hairiness: glabrous, pubescent