Japan Flora: Evergreen glabrous tree, the branches thick, terete, the branchlets green, densely elevate- punctnlate; leaves firmly coriaceous, oblong to narrowly so, 12-17 cm. long, 4-8 cm. wide, acute to acuminate with an obtuse tip, rounded to obtuse at base, callosely mucronate- serrate, deep green and lustrous above, yellowish green beneath, the midrib impressed above, raised beneath, the lateral nerves slightly distinct above, the petioles thick, 2-2.5 cm. long, green; flowers many, fasciculate, axillary, yellowish green, the pedicels 7-12 mm. long; stamens 4, about 3 mm. long, as long as to slightly longer than the recurved petals; fruits globose, red, about 8 mm. across. May.

Honshu (s. Kinki Distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu; frequently cultivated around temples.