Pellacalyx yunnanensis is an endangered plant species occurring in Yunnan province of China. The first complete chloroplast genome (cpDNA) sequence of P. yunnanensis was determined from Illumina HiSeq pair-end sequencing data in this study. The cpDNA is 163,743 bp in length, contains a large single-copy region (LSC) of 91,075 bp and a small single-copy region (SSC) of 18,668 bp, which were separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IR) regions of 27,000 bp. The genome contains 128 genes, including 83 protein-coding genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes, and 37 transfer RNA genes. The overall GC content of the whole genome is 35.7%, and the corresponding values of the LSC, SSC, and IR regions are 33.0%, 29.6%, and 42.3%, respectively. Further phylogenomic analysis showed that P. yunnanensis clustered in a unique clade in family Rhizophoraceae.