杠香藤 gang xiang teng

Mallotus chrysocarpus Pampanini, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 17: 413. 1910; M. contubernalis var. chrysocarpus (Pampanini) Handel-Mazzetti; M. illudens Croizat.

Climbing shrubs, 2-5 m tall. Branchlets brownish tomentose. Leaf blade ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 6-10 × 1.5-4.5 cm, papery, abaxially pubescent and scattered yellowish glandular-scaly, or glabrescent, base cuneate or obtuse, apex shortly acuminate. Inflorescences unbranched, 5-7 cm, yellowish brown tomentulose. Male flowers: calyx lobes 3, ca. 2.5 mm; stamens 35-45. Female flowers: ovary 3-locular, yellow-brown tomentose; styles 3, ca. 3.5 mm, connate for ca. 1 mm, plumose. Fruiting pedicel 3-5 mm; capsule 3-locular, brownish tomentulose. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Aug-Sep.

● Mountain valleys, thickets; 500-1000 m. Anhui, S Gansu, E Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, S Shanxi, Sichuan.