毛鱼臭目 mao yu xiu mu

Premna vestita Schauer.

Trees, small. Branchlets pubescent. Petioles 3-7 cm; leaf blade oblong to ovate, 10-12(-20) X 6-7 cm, base rounded to somewhat cordate, abaxially uniformly densely softly pubescent, margin entire or crenulate, apex acute, veins 6 pairs. Inflorescences 8-20 cm wide. CalyX 2-lipped, 5-lobed. Corolla greenish white to nearly white, 4-5 mm. Fruit dark purple, globose, ca. 4 mm in diam.

Thickets and forests near seashore. N and S Taiwan [Philippines]

Specimens of this species have not been seen by the authors. Typical material from Philippines reportedly has leaf blades ovate to broadly ovate and to 20 cm long.