毛桐(原变种) mao tong (yuan bian zhong)

Small trees or shrubs, 2-6 m tall. Branchlets, petiole, and inflorescences densely brownish floccose-tomentose. Female inflorescences branched, 10-20 cm; infructescence erect. Fruiting pedicel 5-10 mm; capsule 15-20 mm in diam. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Sep-Nov.

Mountain slopes, roadsides, thickets, often in clearings; 300-1300 m. W Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan [India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].