麻栗坡少花藤 ma li po xiao hua teng

Micrechites malipoensis Tsiang & P. T. Li, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 11: 381. 1973.

Lianas to 6 m. Branches and branchlets pubescent. Petiole stout, densely pubescent; leaf blade narrowly elliptic, 8-32 X 2.5-8.5 cm, base cuneate, apex caudate-acuminate, pubescent abaxially; lateral veins ca. 25 pairs. Cymes axillary, paniculate, to 5 cm, densely rust colored pubescent; peduncle to 4.5 cm. Corolla yellow, hirsute inside, tube 7-8 mm; lobes oblong, falcate, ca. as long as tube, glabrous, margin 1-toothed at base. Stamens inserted near base of corolla tube; anthers triangular; disc ringlike, shorter than ovary, apex 5-cleft. Ovary densely hirsute. Fl. May-Nov.

* Dense montane forests; 1000-1200 m. SE Yunnan.