Trees ca. 10 m tall; young branches glabrescent, lenticellate; buds ovoid, ca. 1 cm, pubescent. Petiole 2–3 cm; leaf blade ovate or ovate-elliptic, 7–10 × 4–6 cm, leathery, abaxially glabrous, base rounded or obtuse, rarely subcordate, margin crenate-serrate, apex acuminate; lateral veins 10–14 on each side, prominent on both surfaces. Peduncle 2–3.5 cm in fruit. Flowers not seen. Infructescences globose, ca. 2 cm wide. Capsules 10–18. Fl. Mar–May, fr. Jun–Aug.

Forests; ca. 1000 m. N Guizhou (Chishui Xian).