黑叶蒲桃 hei ye pu tao

Eugenia thumra Roxburgh, Fl. Ind., ed. 1832, 2: 495. 1832.

Trees, 8-15 m tall, d.b.h. 25-30 cm. Branchlets brown when dry, terete or slightly compressed. Petiole 6-8 mm; leaf blade ovate-elliptic, 10-15 × 5-7 cm, leathery, abaxially blackish brown when dry, adaxially black and glossy when dry, secondary veins ca. 25 on each side of midvein, 3-6 mm apart, at an angle of ca. 80° from midvein, and raised on both surfaces, reticulate veins conspicuous between secondary veins, intramarginal veins ca. 2 mm from margin, base wide and obtuse, apex obtuse to slightly acute. Inflorescences terminal, paniculate cymes, ca. 9 × 7 cm; peduncle rounded, turning black. Flower buds obovoid, ca. 5 × 4 mm. Hypanthium obconic, ca. 3 mm. Calyx lobes 4, semiorbicular, ca. 1 × 2.5 mm. Petals distinct, broadly ovate, ca. 2.5 mm. Stamens 5-8 mm. Style as long as stamens. Fruit black when dry, globose, ca. 1.2 cm in diam. Fl. Apr, fr. Aug-Oct.

Broad-leaved evergreen forests, open slopes, valleys; 600-1000(-1200) m. S Yunnan [Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand].