Shrub to 5 m tall. Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, mostly 2-4.5 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, hairless below, margin entire, tip blunt. Flowers with calyx tube hairy outside; late spring to early summer. Fruit 1-1.2 cm wide, orange to scarlet; autumn.

Taiwan. Naturalised in the Moreton District, Qld.

Leaves widest towards the tip; margins entire.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Rosaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.