Japan Flora: Small evergreen tree, glabrous except the inflores­cence; leaves oblong to narrowly obovate, 7-12 cm. long, 2.5-4 cm. wide, acute to acuminate, acute at base, serrulate, lustrous, paler beneath, the petioles 10-17 mm. long, often slighdy pubescent inside near base wHle very young; inflorescence many-flowered, 8-12 cm. across, the bracts erect, broadly lanceolate, caducous; flowers about 8 mm. across, white and slighdy pinkish; calyx-teeth deltoid, acute, erect; petals white- puberulent inside at base; styles 2 or 3, white-puberulent on lower part; fruit subglobose, 4-5 mm. across, red.  May-June.

Honshu (Tokaido Distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyu­shu