Yunnan Tupelo belongs to the Nyssaceae Family, with the Latin name of Nyssa yunnanensis. In the world it's only distributed in Xishuangbanna of Yunnan Province, southwest of China.

Yunnan Tupelo is a sort of large deciduous arbor, which can attain the height of 25 to 30 meters, with a chest diameter of 80 to 100 centimeters. It usually grows in moist and sunny areas in monsoon rain forests in north tropical regions 500 to 1,100 meters above sea level. The smooth bark is gray or brown, with thin longitudinal dehiscence. The twigs are covered by thick tawny fluffs. The thick leaf is wide oval or obovoid, 10 to 22 centimeters long and 5 to 12 centimeters wide, with blunt leading edge and short tip; its base is in wide wedgy shape, covered by thick yellow brown fluffs. Yunnan Tupelo is dioecious. The florescence lasts from March to April (3-4 months) and the fruits ripen after May annually.