Lindera strychnifolia (Siebold & Zuccarini) Fernández-Villar var. hemsleyana Diels, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 352. 1901; Benzoin strychnifolium (Siebold & Zuccarini) Kuntze var. hemsleyanum (Diels) C. K. Allen; B. urophyllum Rehder; Daphnidium strychnifolium Siebold & Zuccarini var. hemsleyanum (Diels) Nakai; L. gambleana C. K. Allen; L. hemsleyana (Diels) C. K. Allen; L. stewardiana C. K. Allen; L. urophylla (Rehder) C. K. Allen.

Leaves elliptic, oblong, or obovate, rarely elliptic-lanceolate, apex acuminate or shortly caudate-acuminate. Ovary glabrous; style laxly or densely pubescent. Young fruits glabrous.

● Forest margins, thickets, mountain slopes; ca. 2000 m. Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan.