短序蒲桃 duan xu pu tao

Trees, 5-12 m tall. Branchlets grayish brown when dry, slender, terete or slightly compressed. Petiole blackish brown, ca. 1 cm, slender; leaf blade elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 8-12 × 2.5-5 cm, stiffly papery, abaxially yellowish brown when dry, adaxially dark brown when dry, secondary veins numerous, 1-2 mm apart, slowly ascending, abaxially raised, adaxially obvious, reticulate veins sparse, intramarginal veins close to margin, base cuneate, apex caudate-acuminate and with a ca. 1.5 cm cusp. Inflorescences terminal, cymes; peduncle 1-1.5 cm, secondary branches very short. Flower buds ca. 6 × 4.5 mm. Hypanthium ellipsoid. Calyx lobes 4, semiorbicular, ca. 1 × 2 mm, apex obtuse. Petals pale green, distinct, ovate, ca. 3 mm. Stamens 2-3 mm. Fruit red, globose, 1.5-2 cm in diam. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Aug-Oct.

● Broad-leaved evergreen forests, mountain slopes; 1800-2000 m. SE Yunnan.