Deciduous shrubs to trees, 3-10 m tall, to 15 cm d.b.h.; branches and twigs terete, sturdy, green to light green. Petiole 1-2.5 mm; leaf blade thinly leathery or thickly papyraceous, ovate, orbicular-ovate, elliptic, or ovate-lanceolate, 6-10.5 × 2-4 cm, base subattenuate, margin crenulate, apex acute or acuminate, sometimes caudate, both surfaces smooth; lateral veins 6-8 pairs, curving forward, webbing and disappearing before reaching margin. Peduncle 2-3.5 cm, 1-3 × dichotomously branched, several flowered; pedicel 5-7 mm. Flowers 4-merous, 8-9 mm in diam.; sepals ovate; petals white, lanceolate or long ovate, apex acuminate or obtuse. Capsule rhombic, with 4 angles and deep grooves, base attenuate, brown or yellow-brown to red-brown, ca. 8 × 9 mm. Seeds subglobose, dark brown, partially covered by orange aril. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Aug-Nov.
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A shrub or small tree. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 3-10 m tall. The trunk is 15 cm across. The leaves are thick and oval and 6-11 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The edges are wavy. There are several flowers in a group.
Shrubby formations in river valleys, coastal plains etc, usually on alluvial sands, occasionally on dry ridges with open forest. Edges of woodlands and forests; at elevations up to 1,000 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. In China it grows on the edges of forests from sea level to 1,000 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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