Shrubs, 2–5 m. Stems erect, arching; branches distichous or spiraled, maroon to brown, ?lenticellate?, initially pilose-strigose. Leaves deciduous; petiole 0–3 mm, pilose-strigose; blade elliptic, sometimes ovate-elliptic, rarely obovate, (50–)70–124(–210) x (24–)30–55(–90) mm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate, obtuse, truncate, or auriculate, margins flat, not revolute, veins 8–11, deeply sunken, apex long-acuminate, sometimes acute on short shoots, abaxial surfaces light green, initially yellowish strigose, adaxial green, shiny, not glaucous, strongly wrinkled or bulging between lateral veins (bullate), initially sparsely pilose; ?fall leaves intense butter yellow and reddish purple?. Inflorescences on fertile shoots 60–120 mm with 4 leaves, 8–32-flowered, lax. Pedicels 2–4 mm, pilose-strigose. Flowers (5–)7–9 mm, closed; hypanthium shallowly cupulate, ?shiny?, sparsely pilose-strigose; sepals: margins villous, apex acute, surfaces ?shiny?, glabrous; petals erect-incurved, pink, red, greenish pink, or maroon, margins pink; stamens 20–23, filaments pink, white distally, anthers white; styles (4 or)5. Pomes bright to dark red, obovoid, broadly obovoid, or obconic, rarely globose or depressed-globose, 8–12.4 x 7–11.3 mm, shiny, not glaucous, sparsely pilose; sepals flat, glabrous; navel closed; style remnants 3/4 from base. Pyrenes (4 or)5.
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