细叶蒲桃 xi ye pu tao

Eugenia euphlebia Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 119. 1913.

Shrubs or trees, 3-6 m tall, d.b.h. to 7 cm. Branchlets grayish white when dry, subterete to slightly angled, slender. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade obovate to elliptic, 5-6 × 2-3 cm, stiffly papery, abaxially brownish when dry, adaxially dark olive green and not glossy when dry, abaxially with conspicuous glands, adaxially with minute glands, secondary veins numerous, ca. 2 mm apart, at an angle of ca. 65° from midvein, and slightly raised on both surfaces when dry, base cuneate, apex acuminate and with an obtuse cusp. Inflorescences terminal, paniculate cymes, 2- or 3-branched, few-flowered. Hypanthium campanulate, ca. 3 × 3.5 mm. Calyx lobes 4, ca. 0.5 mm, apex very obtuse. Petals 4, rounded, ca. 3 mm. Stamens 3-5 mm. Style ca. 6 mm. Fruit purplish red to dark red, ellipsoid, ca. 1.5 × 1 cm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Dec-Jan.

● Broad-leaved evergreen forests, mountain slopes; 400-700 m. Taiwan (Hengchun Peninsula).