| Family | GESNERIACEAE |
| Genus species | Didymocarpus mengtze W.W.Sm. |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 152 (1912) |
| Native Range | sc. China (se. Yunnan) |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 1200-2700m |
| Description | leaves opposite, petiolate, elliptic to ovate, adaxially pilose, eglandular, dentate or serrate, acute or obtuse, cymes 5-11-flowered, corolla ca. 2cm long, glabrous |
| Size | 11-20cm |
| Color | purple, purple red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring and late summer; leaf cuttings in summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |