少果八角 shao guo ba jiao

Shrubs or trees, to 6 m tall. Perules oblong, 3-5 mm. Leaves in clusters of 3-6 at distal nodes; petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic to narrowly obovate, 6-14 × 1.8-4.2 cm, thinly leathery to papery, midvein adaxially slightly impressed, secondary veins 6-12 on each side of midvein and on both surfaces slightly prominent, base narrowly to broadly cuneate, apex acuminate to shortly caudate. Flowers axillary or subterminal. Flower peduncle 0.5-4.5 cm. Tepals 10-13, dark red, elliptic to obovate (largest), 6-8 × 4-6.5 mm (largest). Stamens 9-14, 2.2-3.5 mm; filaments 1.4-2.4 mm; connectives obtuse to emarginate; anthers 0.8-1.2 mm; pollen grains trisyncolpate. Carpels 4-8, 2.3-3.2 mm; ovary 1.2-1.8 mm; style 1-1.5 mm. Fruit peduncle length unknown. Fruit with (2-)5-7 follicles; follicles 14-15 × ca. 6 × ca. 3.5 mm. Seeds ca. 6 × 4.5 × 3 mm. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Aug-Sep.

Forests; 1500-2000 m. SE Yunnan [Vietnam].