小叶九里香 xiao ye jiu li xiang

Clausena microphylla Merrill & Chun, Sunyatsenia 2: 251. 1935.

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves 11-21-foliolate; petiolules extremely short; leaflet blades suborbicular to ovate to elliptic, 3-20 × 3-6 mm, glabrous, base usually inequilateral, margin crenate, apex rounded to obtuse. Inflorescences terminal, 10-30-flowered. Flowers 5-merous. Sepals ovate-elliptic, ca. 1 mm, persistent in fruit. Petals in bud 4-5 mm. Fruit ellipsoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, to 1 cm. Fl. Apr-May and Jul-Oct, fr. Nov-Dec.

● Thickets in sandy areas. Guangdong, Hainan.