匍匐五加 pu fu wu jia

Acanthopanax scandens G. Hoo, Acta Phytotax. Sin., Addit. 1: 158. 1965.

Shrubs, scandent. Branches unarmed, glabrous. Petiole 2-5 cm, glabrous; leaflets 3, sessile, ovate or ovate-elliptic, 5-7 × 3.5-5 cm, membranous, both surfaces scattered setose, secondary veins 4-6 pairs, distinct, base broadly cuneate, margin setose-serrulate, apex acute or acuminate. Umbels terminal, solitary or 2 or 3 together in a small panicle; peduncles 1-2 cm; pedicels ca. 8 mm, glabrous. Calyx 5-toothed, glabrous. Ovary 2-carpellate; styles 2, united to middle. Fruit black, globose, slightly compressed, ca. 8 mm in diam. Seeds reniform, white. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Sep-Oct.

● Scrub fields, among scattered trees, along streams, roadsides; below 800 m. Anhui, N Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang.