Leucothoe griffithiana C. B. Cl.

Shrubs 2–3 m tall. Twigs often flexuous, glabrous. Petiole 6–12 mm, glabrous; leaf blade elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 9–16 × 2.6–6 cm, leathery, abaxially glabrous or scattered shortly setaceous, adaxially glabrous, base broadly cuneate, margin subentire, inconspicuously denticulate apically, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate. Inflorescence 4–6 cm; bracts broadly ovate, ca. 2 mm, apex acuminate. Pedicel 3–6 mm. Calyx lobes triangular-ovate, ca. 1.5 mm. Corolla white, suburceolate to tubular, 6–7 mm; lobes triangular-ovate, ca. 1 mm. Filaments ca. 2 mm. Capsule 4–6 mm in diam. Seeds elliptic to suborbicular, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Jun–Oct.

Guizhou, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, Myanmar].

Scattered in forests; 1000–2500(–3400) m.