滇南黄檀 dian nan huang tan

Shrubs. Branches puberulent, soon glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves 17-20 cm; rachis and petiole initially puberulent, later glabrous; leaflets 7-9; petiolules initially finely puberulent, ulti­mately glabrescent; blade abaxially pale green, ovate-lanceo­late, 7-10 × 3-4 cm, lowest rather smaller than others, leathery, abaxially sparsely puberulent when young, soon glabrous, adaxially glabrous, base cuneate, apex acute. Panicles axillary, short, 5-7 × ca. 5 cm; branches broadly spreading; peduncles, rachis, branches, and short pedicels rusty tomentose; bracts deciduous, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse; bracteoles spatulate-lan­ceolate. Calyx campanulate, extremely rusty tomentose; teeth subequal, triangular, upper 2 subconnate, broader. Corolla white; petals long clawed; standard reflexed, orbicular; keel half-moon-shaped, auriculate as elliptic wings. Stamens 9, monadelphous. Ovary long stipitate, oblong, glabrous, 2-ovuled; style subulate, slender; stigma minute. Legume unknown.

● Mountain slopes; ca. 1300 m. Yunnan (Simao).