红花荷(Rhodoleia championii Hook.f.)为金缕梅科(Hamamelidaceae)红花荷属植物。常绿乔木,高达12 m。嫩枝颇粗壮,无毛,干后皱缩,暗褐色。叶厚革质,卵形,长7～13 cm,宽4.5～6.5 cm,先端钝或略尖,基部阔楔形,有3出脉,上面深绿色,下面灰白色,干后有多数小瘤状凸起;侧脉两面均明显。头状花序长3～4 cm,常弯垂;花序柄长2～3 cm,有鳞状小苞片5～6片; Rhodoleia championii Hook.f. is a Hamamelidaceae safflower genus. Evergreen trees, up to 12 m. Shoots quite thick, glabrous, dry shrinkage, dark brown. Leaf thick leathery, ovate, 7 to 13 cm long, 4.5 to 6.5 cm wide, apex obtuse or slightly pointed, base broadly cuneate, 3 veins, dark green above, gray below, Lateral veins are obvious on both sides. Capitulum 3 ~ 4 cm long, often curved down; inflorescence stalk length 2 ~ 3 cm, scaly bracteoles 5 to 6;