贵州蒲桃 gui zhou pu tao

Shrubs, to 2 m tall. Branchlets yellowish brown when dry, 4-ridged. Petiole 3-4 mm; leaf blade lanceolate to narrowly oblong, 3-6.5 × 1-1.8 cm, leathery, abaxially yellowish brown when dry, adaxially brownish green and slightly glossy when dry, abaxially glandular, secondary veins numerous, ca. 1 mm apart, at an angle of ca. 45° from midvein, and conspicuous on both surfaces when dry, intramarginal veins ca. 0.5 mm from margin, base cuneate, apex gradually narrowing into an obtuse cusp. Inflorescences terminal, paniculate cymes, 2-4 cm; peduncle ridged; bracts small. Flower buds long ovate, ca. 4 mm. Hypanthium obconic, ca. 3 mm, smooth, apical part cuneate. Calyx lobes inconspicuous. Petals usually 4, distinct, broadly obovate, ca. 3 mm. Stamens 5-8 mm. Style ca. 7 mm. Fruit globose, ca. 6 mm in diam. Fl. May-Jun.

● Broad-leaved evergreen forests, scrub, streamsides, valleys; 500-1000 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan.