云南腺萼木 yun nan xian e mu

Shrubs or subshrubs, ca. 1.5 m tall; branches glabrous. Leaves generally isophyllous; petiole 1-3 cm, subglabrous; blade drying thinly leathery, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, or obovate, 10-20 × 3.5-6 cm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially glabrescent or hirtellous along midrib, base cuneate or attenuate, apex abruptly acuminate; secondary veins 12-18 pairs; stipules elliptic-oblong, 8-12 mm, glabrous, obtuse. Inflorescences and flowers not seen. Infructescences pseudoaxillary or perhaps axillary, often on lower leafless nodes, glabrous; peduncle ca. 3 cm. Berries subglobose, ca. 4 mm in diam., with persistent calyx lobes ovate-triangular, 2.5-3 × 2-2.5 mm, obtuse. Fr. Oct.

● Streamsides in forests. Yunnan (Dehong).