花脉紫金牛 hua mai zi jin niu

Ardisia punctata Lindley var. latifolia E. Walker.

Shrubs to 1 m tall, without creeping rhizomes. Branchlets subterete, (3.5-)4-5 mm in diam., succulent, densely reddish papillose-tomentose, glabrescent. Petiole canaliculate, 5-7(-10) mm, densely black punctate; leaf blade oblanceolate to obovate, (7-)9-14 × 2-5.5 cm, leathery, dull adaxially, pale abaxially, glabrous, densely black punctate, base broadly cuneate, margin flat, entire, apex acuminate or acute, acumen to 0.5 mm, mucronate, lateral veins 7-15 on each side of midrib, marginal vein absent. Inflorescences umbellate, terminal on modified lateral branchlets; 3-6 cm. Flowers unknown. Pedicel erect, 5-10 mm, accrescent in fruit to 20 mm. Sepals suborbicular, 4-6 mm, densely black punctate, margin hyaline, irregular, with a few translucent glandular cilia, apex rounded and notched. Fruit depressed globose, 5-6 mm in diam., densely black punctate and punctate-lineate. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Dec-Feb.

* Mixed forests. Guangdong, Guangxi.