疏花铁青树 shu hua tie qing shu

Olax laxiflora Merrill ex H. L. Li, J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 60. 1945, not Ridley (1931).

Shrubs, sometimes climbers, 1-4 m tall. Branchlets brown. Petiole 1-1.3 cm; leaf blade oblong-ovate to elliptic, 8-18 × 4-7 cm, ± leathery, glabrous, base cuneate to rounded, apex acute to ± acuminate; secondary veins 7-15 on each side of midvein. Inflorescences branched or unbranched, (1-)3.5-5 cm, 5- or 6-flowered; peduncle 2-8 mm. Pedicel 3-10 mm. Calyx small, obscurely dentate. Petals white, 1-1.3 cm, 2-lobed. Ovary conic. Style 7-8 mm. Drupe red, ellipsoid to obovoid, basal 1/2 covered by accrescent calyx, 2.8-3.8 × 1.3-2 cm. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Apr-Sep.

* Forests, mountain valleys; 100-1600 m. Guangxi, Hainan.