Habit: subshrub

Plant Height (m): 1-3 m

Elevation (m): 130-450 m

Distribution: China: Guangxi

Young Branch: glabrous, tenuous

Leaf upper surface: glabrous

Leaf texture: leathery

Leaf lower surface: glabrous, glandular

Leaf length (cm): 5.5-9.5 cm

Leaf width (cm): 2-3.8 cm

Leaf shape: ovate

Leaf margin: serrulate

Leaf apex: acuminate, obtusely pointed

Leaf base: broadly-cuneate, obtuse

Lateral vein: pairs: 6-7

Petiole length (mm): 6-10 mm

Petiole: glabrous

Flower: solitary

Flower position: subterminal

Flower diameter (cm): 3.5-4.5 cm

Pedicel length (cm): 0.3-0.5 cm

Bractlet number: 5-7

Bractlet position: spreading, arranged on the pedicel, not cover the pedicel

Bractlet shape: ovate, semiorbicular

Branchlet length (mm): 0.5-1.5 mm

Bractlet hairiness: glabrous on both sides, pubescent outside, margin ciliated

Sepal: leathery

Sepal number: 5

Sepal shape: orbicular

Sepal length (mm): 5-8 mm

Sepal hairiness: margin ciliated, pubescent on both sides

Petal number: 7-8

Petal color: yellowish

Petal shape: obovate, suborbicular

Petal length (mm): 2-13 mm

Petal width (mm): 6-10 mm

Petal: basally slightly connate

Stamen length (mm): 7-9 mm

Filaments hairiness: glabrous

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

Ovary: glabrous

Ovary shape: suborbicular

Ovary locus: 3-locular

Relative length of stamens and styles: equal

Style number: 3

Style length (mm): 6-9 mm

Style: free

Fruit shape: biorbicular, orbicular

Fruit height (cm): 1.2-1.5 cm

Fruit diameter (cm): 1.5-3 cm

Seed shape: semiorbicular

Seed color: brown

Seed hairiness: glabrous