尾球木 wei qiu mu

Lepionurus latisquamus Gagnepain, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 201. 1910.

Shrubs ca. 4 m tall. Branchlets glabrous. Petiole 1-3 mm, glabrous; leaf blade broadly lanceolate, sometimes obovate, 7-13 × 3.5-5 cm, papery, base cuneate, apex acuminate; veins 7-12 on each side of midvein. Racemes (2-)7-11 cm; bract broadly ovate, 6-7 mm, apex acuminate. Pedicel 3-5 mm. Tepals 4, ca. 3 mm. Filaments 4-5 mm. Ovary conic, 1-1.5 mm. Drupe orange, ellipsoid 1-1.5 × 0.8-0.9 cm; stipe 4-5 mm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Sep-Oct.

Forests, limestone hills; 200-400 m. SW Guangxi, S Yunnan [Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].