| General Description | With less than 50-60 mature individuals in China and 200 in Vietnam, this species has been placed on the IUCN Red List as endangered. |
| Habitat | Montane forests at an altitude of approximately 1,500 m. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Wood is soft, pale brown in its youth maturing to glabrescent. |
| Leaf Description | Oblong-elliptic to elliptic, thick, glabrous with a shiny underside and a broadly cuneate base, 14-17 x 6-8 cm. |
| Flower Description | 9 tepaled flowers. |
| Fruit Description | Ovoid, narrow and glabrous. |