豆叶九里香 dou ye jiu li xiang

Chalcas euchrestifolia Tanaka; Clausena euchrestifolia (Hayata) Kanehira.

Shrubs or trees, 1.5-7 m tall. Leaves 5-9-foliolate; leaflet blades ovate to elliptic or rarely lanceolate or obovate, 5-8 × 2-4 cm, margin entire, apex mucronate to acuminate. Inflorescences paniculate. Flowers 4(or 5)-merous. Sepals pale yellowish green, ovate, 0.6-1.5 mm. Petals obovate-elliptic, 3-5 mm. Stamens 8(or 10); anthers subglobose. Ovary pale yellowish green. Fruit red to dark red, globose, 1-1.5 cm in diam., 1- or 2-seeded. Seeds glabrous. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Sep-Dec.

● Well-drained forests and thickets; 500-1400 m. Guangdong (Fengkai, Nan’ao), Guangxi (Fangcheng), S and SW Guizhou (Wangmo, Xingyi), Hainan (Changjiang), Taiwan, Yunnan.