Shrubs deciduous. Branchlets blackish purple, glabrous, sparsely lenticellate; buds narrowly ovoid, 3–5 mm; scales several, blackish purple. Petiole 7–10 mm, slightly pubescent or glabrous; leaf blade oblong or oblanceolate, 5–9 × 2.5–3 cm, veins very oblique, 5–7 pairs, prominent abaxially, glabrous except abaxially villous along midvein, base very obliquely cuneate, margin minutely sharply serrate, apex acute or shortly acuminate. Inflorescences and flowers not seen. Infructescences compound corymbs, 6–8 × 8–10 cm; rachis and pedicels glabrous, lenticellate. Fruit ovoid to ellipsoid, 5–6 × 3–4 mm; fruiting pedicels 1–1.5 cm.

E Fujian (Fuzhou Shi).