方枝蒲桃 fang zhi pu tao

Eugenia tephrodes Hance, J. Bot. 23: 7. 1885.

Shrubs to trees, to 6 m tall. Branchlets grayish white when dry, narrowly winged at angle; old branches grayish brown, terete. Leaves subsessile; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate, 2-5(-11) × 1-1.5(-3) cm, leathery, abaxially slightly pale when dry, adaxially grayish green to grayish brown and not glossy when dry, secondary veins 12-16 on each side of midvein, ca. 1.5 mm apart, nearly same level as leaf surface, abaxially slightly visible, and adaxially conspicuous, intramarginal veins very near margin, base slightly cordate, margin glandular punctate, apex obtuse and with an acuminate to acute tip. Inflorescences terminal, paniculate cymes, 3-4 cm; peduncle grayish white, ridged. Flowers white, fragrant. Hypanthium grayish white, narrowly obconic, ca. 4 mm, longitudinally corrugate when dry. Calyx lobes 4, ovate-rounded, ca. 1 mm. Petals coherent, rounded, ca. 2 mm. Stamens 3-4 mm. Style 6-7 mm. Fruit grayish white, broadly ellipsoid, 3-4 mm, apical part narrow, apically with persistent calyx lobes. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Nov-Dec.

● Broad-leaved evergreen forests, valleys, slopes, stream margins; 300(-2000) m. Hainan.