Samara laeta Linnaeus, Mant. Pl. ed. 2: 199. 1771; Choripetalum obovatum Bentham; Embelia obovata (Bentham) Hemsley; Myrsine laeta (Linnaeus) A. de Candolle; Ribesiodes obovatum (Bentham) Kuntze; S. obovata Bentham.

Branchlets straight to somewhat flexuous, glabrous. Leaf balde papery, margin flat. Pedicel and calyx glabrous. Petals glandular ciliate along margin. Fl. Dec-Mar, fr. Apr-Jun.

Mixed forests, open slopes of grasslands, shrubby areas, hillsides; 100-1900 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan [Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam].