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3. Kopsia fruticosa (Ker Gawler) A. de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 352. 1844.

红花蕊木 hong hua rui mu

Cerbera fruticosa Ker Gawler, Bot. Reg. 5: t. 391. 1819; Kopsia vinciflora Blume.

Shrubs evergreen, to 4 m tall, glabrous except for inflorescences. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblong, 10-23 X 2.5-9 cm, apex acute or obtusely caudate; lateral veins 10-15 pairs. Inflorescences few flowered, puberulent; peduncle to 1 cm; bracteoles to 1.5 mm, pubescent. Pedicel 5-7 mm. Sepals ovoid, 1.5-2.5 mm, pubescent, apex obtuse. Corolla pink, tube 3-5 cm, throat pubescent; lobes oblong, 1.5-2.5 cm. Disc scales sublinear, as long as or shorter than ovary. Ovary tomentose. Style 3-4 cm. Drupe ellipsoid, usually solitary, 1-seeded, to 2.5 X 2 cm, pubescent. 2n = 36.

S Guangdong [India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thai-land]

Cultivated for medicine.


 

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