Son La Prov., Mai Son Distr., Hat Lot town, around point 21°13′05”N 104°06′44”E.
Secondary evergreen dry open broad-leaved forest on very steep rocky slopes and on tops of remnant mountain composed with highly eroded marble-like solid crystalline limestone at elevation 550-650 m a.s.l.
Scandent shrub on shady rocky slope. Common.
CPC 1153 21 December 2010 Coll.: L.Averyanov, P.K.Loc, P.V.The, N.T.Vinh.