Trees, 3-15 m tall. Branchlets gray when dry, 4-angular, sometimes grooved. Petiole 3-10 mm; leaf blade narrowly elliptic, 4-8 × 1.2-3.5 cm, leathery, abaxially pale when dry, adaxially olive greenish yellow when dry, both surfaces with small glands, midvein impressed, secondary veins ca. 25 on each side of midvein and impressed when dry, intramarginal veins ca. 2 mm from margin, base cuneate, apex acuminate and with an obtuse cusp. Inflorescences axillary or in leaf axils apically on branches, paniculate cymes, 2-4 cm, with flowers usually in clusters of 3 at end of branches. Flower buds ca. 5 × 3 mm. Hypanthium pyriform. Calyx lobes ca. 0.5 × 1.5 mm. Petals coherent. Stamens ca. 5 mm; anthers ca. 0.5 mm, with glandular protuberances at apex. Fruit red, globose pot-shaped, ca. 1 cm in diam. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. May-Jun(-Nov.).

● Broad-leaved evergreen forests, hillsides, valleys, stream margins; 800-1800(-2400) m. Guangxi, NW Yunnan.