Oxycoccoides japonicus (Miquel) Nakai var. sinicus Nakai, Trees Shrubs Japan 1: 168. 1922; Agapetes vaccinioidea H. Léveillé (Apr-May 1903), not A. vaccinioides Dunn (31 Oct 1903); Hugeria japonica (Miquel) Nakai var. sinica (Nakai) Handel-Mazzetti; H. sinica (Nakai) Maekawa; H. vaccinioidea (H. Léveillé) H. Hara; Vaccinium siccum H. Léveillé & Vaniot.

Leaf blade ovate or ovate-lanceolate, (1.5–)2–6 × 0.7–2 cm, abaxially subglabrous or pubescent towards base of midvein, base broadly cuneate to subtruncate.

Forests, thickets; 1000–1600(–1900) m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.