Osyris japonica Thunberg in Murray, Syst. Veg., ed. 14, 881. 1784; H. japonica var. szechuanensis (W. P. Fang) W. P. Fang & T. P. Soong; H. rusciflora Willdenow, nom. illeg. superfl.; H. szechuanensis W. P. Fang.
Leaf blade ovate, ovate-rounded, or broadly elliptic, 3–13(–18) × 1.5–9 cm, abaxially light green and not papillate, margin serrate. Fruit 2–5 in a cluster on middle of midvein, crowned by 3–5-lobed stigma.
Moist rich soils in woods; below 3000 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, Japan, S Korea, N Myanmar].
