四数九里香 si shu jiu li xiang

Trees 3-7 m tall. Leaves 5-11-foliolate; petiolules 2-4 mm; leaflet blades lanceolate, 2-5 × 0.8-2 cm, dark brownish black when dry, apex acuminate. Inflorescences paniculate. Flowers 4-merous. Sepals ovate, less than 1 mm, connate at base. Petals white, oblong, 4-5 mm. Stamens 8. Ovary ellipsoid, ca. 1 mm. Fruit reddish, globose, 1-1.2 cm in diam., with many oil glands, 1-3-seeded. Seed coat membranous, smooth. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Jul-Aug.

● Often on limestone mountains. W Guangxi (Bose, Debao), SE Yunnan.