Japan Flora: Small deciduous glabrous tree; branches dark green; leaves alternate, thinly chartaceous, broadly lanceolate to narrowly oblong-ovate, 7-15  cm. long, 2-4.5 cm. wide, long-acuminate, glaucous beneath, the veinlets slightly raised above, the petioles 12-25 mm. long; peduncles 10-12  mm. long, the pedicels 4-6 mm. long, slightly thickened at apex; anthers 4-locular; fruit about 5 mm. across, globose, black. Mar. Low  elevations;

Kyushu. Ryukyus and Formosa.