厚叶柃 hou ye ling

Shrubs 1.5-4 m tall. Young branches grayish brown; current year branchlets dark brown, terete, glabrous; terminal buds 6-9 mm, glabrous. Petiole 4-6 mm, glabrous; leaf blade oblong, 9-12 × 3-4 cm, thickly leathery, abaxially pale yellowish green, adaxially yellowish green when dry, golden yellow glandular punctate, and shiny, both surfaces glabrous, midvein abaxially elevated and adaxially impressed, secondary veins 10-13 on each side of midvein, secondary and reticulate veins abaxially raised and adaxially impressed, base rounded, margin closely serrulate, apex acute and with an obtuse tip. Male flowers axillary, solitary or paired; pedicel 2-3 mm, glabrous; bracteoles ovate, very small, glabrous; sepals suborbicular, ca. 2 mm, leathery, glabrous; petals ovate, 3-4 mm; stamens 5; anthers not locellate; pistillode glabrous. Female flowers and fruit not seen. Fl. Sep-Oct.

● Forests on mountain slopes; 2200-2500 m. Xizang (Mêdog).