六苞藤 liu bao teng

Shrubs, climbing. Branchlets terete, hairy when young. Leaf blade subelliptic to ovate, puberulent when young, abaxially densely stellate tomentose, adaxially glabrescent, base rounded to slightly cordate, margin subentire to dentate. Peduncle long, pubescent. Involucral bracts oblong, enlarged in fruit. Calyx 4-5 mm, outside tomentose, inside glabrous. Corolla white, 6-8 mm; lobes 6-8, narrowly oblong, 2-3 mm. Fruit subglobose, 4-6 mm in diam.

Forests; 500-800 m. S Yunnan [India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand].