Vietnam, Thua Thien – Hue Prov., Huong Thuy Distr., Duong Hoa Municipality, Huong Thuy forest enterprise territory, around point 16°13′16′'N, 107°35′14′'E at elevation about 400 m a.s.l.
Fractionally logged primary closed evergreen broad-leaved forest on steep hill and mountain slopes composed with shale with quartzite.
Shrub 1.5 m tall on shady slope. Flowers light pinkish. Not common.