Creeping evergreen shrub. Young shoots mostly 4-angled. Leaves ovate to oblong, to 10 cm long, waxy grey and conspicuously veined below. Flowers solitary or a few together, mostly 5-7 cm wide. Stamens in 5 clusters; anthers reddish. Styles 5; summer.

SE Europe, W Asia

4-angled branchlets; leaves with conspicuous reticulate venation below; large flowers; anthers reddish.

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Clusiaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.