齿叶赛金莲木 chi ye sai jin lian mu

Meesia serrata Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 344. 1788; Gomphia serrata (Gaertner) Kanis; Ouratea serrata (Gaertner) N. Robson; Walkera serrata (Gaertner) Willdenow.

Shrubs or small trees, 2.5-7 m tall. Petiole 3-5 mm; leaf blade long elliptic, 10-17 × 2-5.5 cm, coriaceous, base cuneate, with small teeth on margin, but base entire, apex shortly acuminate; midvein prominent on both surfaces; secondary nerves curved close to leaf margin; submarginal vein at irregular distances from leaf margin. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, 6-14 cm. Flowers congested in a few groups along inflorescence branches; basal portion of pedicel below articulation 1 mm or less. Sepals broadly elliptic, ca. 5 × 3 mm. Petals obovate, ca. 5 × 4 mm, base auriculate, apex slightly emarginate. Anthers sessile, linear, ca. 4 mm, slightly curved. Ovary deeply lobed; stigma subulate, ca. 3 mm. Drupelets elliptic, slightly reniform, 5-6 × 4-5 mm. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug-Dec.

Dense forests, streamsides, granitic areas, sometimes on mountain summits; 600-700 m. Hainan [Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam].

"Ouratea lobopetala" (Gagnepain in Humbert, Fl. Indo-Chine, Suppl. 1: 671. 1946) belongs here but was not validly published because no Latin description or diagnosis was provided (Vienna Code, Art. 36.1).