Semi-evergreen shrub to about 1 m or more tall. Young shoots reddish, round. Leaves oval to oblong, pale beneath with reddish midrib. Flowers 6 or more in a cluster, each about 3-5 cm wide, petals curving inwards. Sepals finely toothed (use hand lens), rounded. Stamens in 5 bundles, about one third the length of the petals. Styles 5, fused almost to the base; summer.

Himalayas, W China

Young shoots round; sepals rounded at the tip; stamens about one third the length of the petals; styles fused together.

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.