独龙十大功劳 du long shi da gong lao

Berberis tibetensis Laferrière.

Shrubs, 1-1.5 m tall. Leaves abaxially yellowish green, adaxially dull olivaceous-green, narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, 18-40(-65) × 7-17(-30) cm; leaflets 5-10 pairs, lowest pair smaller, ca. 1 cm above base of petiole, abaxially midvein and lateral veins conspicuously raised, adaxially midvein obviously impressed, lateral veins inconspicuous; leaflets lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 4-13(-20) × 1.5-3(-6) cm, thin, base broadly cuneate or subrounded, margin with 9-23 teeth on each side, apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate. Inflorescence 3-5-fascicled racemes, 5-8 cm; bracts of inflorescence ovate to ovate-oblong, 1-2 cm × ca. 7 mm. Pedicel 2-2.5 mm; floral bracts lanceolate, 4-5 × 0.7-1 mm. Flowers pale greenish yellow. Outer sepals ovate, ca. 1.9 × 1 mm; median sepals oblong-elliptic, ca. 2.3 × 1.5 mm; inner sepals oblong, ca. 3.5 × 2 mm. Petals oblong-obovate, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm, base with distinct glands, apex entire. Stamens ca. 2 mm; anther connective not prolonged, truncate. Ovary ca. 2.5 mm; ovules 2-4. Berry blue, pruinose, globose, ca. 6 mm in diam.; style persistent, short. Fl. Oct-Jan, fr. Feb-Jul.

● Forests; 1500-2900 m. SE Xizang, Yunnan.