圆腺火筒树 yuan xian huo tong shu

Leea hirta Roxburgh ex Hornemann; L. hispida Gagnepain; L. kurzii C. B. Clarke.

Erect shrubs or small trees. Branchlets terete with longitudinal ridges, densely ferruginous pubescent. Leaves 1- or 2-pinnate; stipules cuneate or lanceolate, 2-4 × 0.4-0.6 cm, deciduous; petiole 7-15 cm, central petiolules 2-6 cm, lateral petiolules to 2 cm, densely ferruginous pubescent; leaf axis 20-35 cm, densely ferruginous pubescent; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 6-22 × 3-7 cm, base cuneate or rounded, margin with irregular teeth, apex acuminate or caudate acuminate, abaxial surface pubescent and rough with rounded brown peltate glands, adaxial surface with short hairs; lateral veins 6-14 pairs, veinlets inconspicuously protruding. Inflorescence leaf-opposed; peduncle 1-4 cm, densely ferruginous pubescent. Pedicel 1-6 mm, densely pubescent; buds ovate, 3-4 mm, apex rounded. Calyx tube cupulate; sepals triangular and densely with glands. Petals elliptic, 3-3.5 mm, glabrous. Staminodial tube 1.7-2.5 mm, with lower part 1.5-2.3 mm, upper 0.4-0.6 mm, lobes 0.3-0.4 mm. Stamens 5; filaments 2-3 mm; anthers elliptic, 1.5-2 × 0.8-1 mm. Ovary globose, 0.5-0.7 mm; style 0.5-0.8 mm; stigma slightly capitate. Berry oblate, 0.5-0.7 cm, 4-6-seeded. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 24.

Forests, shrublands; 200-1100 m. Yunnan [Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam].