Trees to 20 m tall. Trunk to 30 cm d.b.h. Branchlets densely stellate pubescent. Petiole 1--1.5 cm, robust, canaliculate; leaf blade elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 11--15(--27) X 5--7(--12.5) cm, almost leathery, sparsely stellate pubescent except veins glabrous, base broadly cuneate, margin entire, apex shortly acuminate to acute, secondary veins 10--14 pairs, tertiary veins reticulate. Cymes crowded into a spike, 1--2 cm, 5- or 6-flowered; peduncle very short. Flowers ca. 1.2 cm. Calyx cup-shaped, ca. 3 X 3 mm, limb truncate to undulate, densely stellate tomentose. Corolla tube ca. 2.5 mm; lobes oblong, ca. 8 X 3 mm. Stamens 14--16; filaments ca. 9 cm, sparsely white villose, free part longer than anther. Style ca. 8 mm, sparsely villose. Fl. Oct-Dec.

* Ravines in rainforests; 100--300 m. Yunnan (Hekou Xian).