常绿攀援灌木;分枝少,枝条粗壮,伸长,有棱,幼枝带红色,无毛或略有疏短毛,老枝灰色,无毛。叶散生,叶片革质,椭圆形至卵状长圆形,长5-8(-10)厘米,宽3-4(-5)厘米,顶端渐尖成短尾状或短急尖,基部宽楔形,下延至叶柄,两侧各有2腺体,全缘,表面无毛,背面伏生腺状短毛或无毛,侧脉4-7对,与中脉、网脉在表面下陷,在背面隆起,或网脉在两面均不甚明显;叶柄短,长3-4毫米,无毛。总状花序腋生,长3-5厘米,序轴较粗,有棱,无毛;苞片早落;花梗粗壮,开花时长4-5毫米,花后稍伸长;萼筒无毛,萼齿三角形,长约2毫米;花冠绿白色,钟状,长7毫米,直径5-6毫米,裂片三角形,长2.5毫米,上部反折;雄蕊长约6毫米,花丝长2毫米,被短柔毛,药室背部具有2个长2毫米的距,药管细长,长3毫米。浆果球形,直径5-6毫米。果期7-8月。[1]
产广东、广西。生于林中。模式标本采自广西瑶山古陈。[1]
仅见果标本,花的描述据Sleumer。
与“椭圆叶越桔 Vaccinium pseudorobustum Sleumer”相关的种有: 草莓树状越桔Vaccinium arbutoides C. B. Clarke 短蕊越桔Vaccinium brachyandrum C. Y. Wu & R. C. Fang 泡泡叶越桔Vaccinium bullatum (Dop) Sleumer 圆顶越桔Vaccinium cavinerve C. Y. Wu 蓝果越桔Vaccinium chunii Merr. ex Sleumer 网脉越桔Vaccinium crassivenium Sleumer 樟叶越桔Vaccinium dunalianum Wight 长穗越桔Vaccinium dunnianum Sleumer 臭越桔Vaccinium foetidissimum H. Lév. & Vant. 软骨边越桔Vaccinium gaultheriifolium (Griff.) Hook.f. ex C. B. Clarke 软骨边越桔(原变种)Vaccinium gaultheriifolium (Griff.) Hook.f. ex C. B. Clarke var. gaultheriifolium 粉花软骨边越桔(变种)Vaccinium gaultheriifolium (Griff.) Hook.f. ex C. B. Clarke var. glaucorubrum C. Y. Wu 粉白越桔Vaccinium glaucoalbum Hook.f. ex C. B. Clarke 灰叶乌饭Vaccinium glaucophyllum C. Y. Wu & R. C. Fang 凹脉越桔Vaccinium impressinerve C. Y. Wu 卡钦越桔Vaccinium kachinense Brandis 临沧乌饭Vaccinium lincangense Fang & Z. H. Pan 峨眉越桔Vaccinium omeiensis Fang 大叶越桔Vaccinium petelotii Merr. 罗汉松叶乌饭Vaccinium podocarpoideum Fang & Z. H. Pan 草地越桔Vaccinium pratense P. C. Tam ex C. Y. Wu & R. C. Fang 拟泡叶乌饭Vaccinium pseudobullatum Fang & Z. H. Pan 耳叶越桔Vaccinium pseudospadiceum Dop 凸脉越桔Vaccinium supracostatum Hand.-Mazz. 红花越桔Vaccinium urceolatum Hemsl. 毛序红花越桔(变种)Vaccinium urceolatum Hemsl. var. pubescens C. Y. Wu & R. C. Fang 红花越桔(原变种)Vaccinium urceolatum Hemsl. var. urceolatum [1]