滇西蒲桃 dian xi pu tao

Trees, 10-15 m tall. Branchlets blackish brown, 4-angled. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade elliptic, 8-10 × 2.5-3.5 cm, leathery, abaxially slightly pale when dry, adaxially olive green and glossy when dry, midvein impressed, secondary veins numerous, 2-3 mm apart, and conspicuous on both surfaces, reticulate veins conspicuous between secondary veins, intramarginal veins near margin, base broadly cuneate, apex acuminate and with a ca. 1 cm obtuse cusp. Inflorescences terminal or axillary apically on branchlets, paniculate cymes, 5-10 cm; peduncle very short at most apical part. Flower buds 8-9 × ca. 2.5 mm. Flowers in several-flowered clusters. Hypanthium grayish white. Calyx lobes 1-1.5 mm, obtusely triangular. Anthers rounded. Style ca. 3 mm. Fl. Feb-Apr.

● Open or dense broad-leaved evergreen forests, slopes; 1000-1300 m. S Yunnan.