Xiala plum wax plum family, Summer wax plum genus, the provincial key wild protected plants, is also known as "Zhejiang Province plant business card". Deciduous shrub, buds in the petiole, leaf paraphyles, membranous or papery, broadly ovate or inverted ovate round, glabrous, short-pointed apex, broad wedge-shaped to rounded at the base. The flowers are borne singly at the top of the annual branches; the flowers are indumental type II, arranged in a tile-like manner. The fruit is altar-shaped; the thin fruit is oblong and sparsely covered with white silk hairs. The flowering period is From May and the fruiting period is from September to October.
China's unique ancient relict plants, also known as living fossil plants, summer wax plum is an evolution of the genus Xia wax plum, as the oldest relict plant, they witness the history of the evolution of the earth's organisms, summer wax plum plants in East Asia and North America intermittent distribution, so it has important significance in flora research, summer wax plum is a close relative of the wax plum species, can be used as a good parent of the wax plum variety improvement, has a high scientific research value. Summer wax plum, low and elegant plant shape, emerald green and bright leaves, round and delicate flowers, pink and white, and the leaves shine together, very ornamental value. However, due to the extremely narrow distribution area, coupled with serious deforestation, deterioration of the ecological environment, and the shrinking of the natural distribution area, the living environment of the summer wax plum is worrying, according to the survey, 80% of the current population of the summer wax plum is distributed in the Qingliangfeng National Nature Reserve.