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Mallotus barbatus var. hubeiensis S. M. Hwang.

Small trees 3-6 m tall. Branchlets, petiole, and inflorescences densely brownish floccose-tomentose. Female inflorescences unbranched, 15-32 cm; infructescence erect. Fruiting pedicel often 15-30 mm, sometimes with 1 or 2 bracteoles, subulate, ca. 1.5 mm, deciduous; capsule ca. 20 mm in diam. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Aug-Nov.

Mountain valleys, forests; 200-700 m. N Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, W Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan [N Thailand].