金平鹅掌柴 jin ping e zhang chai

Schefflera chinpingensis C. J. Tseng & G. Hoo.

Shrubs, to 5 m tall, probably hermaphroditic. Petiole to 40 cm; petiolules 1.5-7 cm; leaflets 5 or 6, ovate or ovate-oblong, 11.5-35 × 8-15(-20) cm, leathery, abaxially sparsely stellate pubescent, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins 10-13 pairs, tertiary veins raised on both surfaces, base rounded, margin entire, minutely revolute, apex shortly caudate-acuminate, rarely obtuse. Inflorescence a terminal panicle of umbels, with dense, scattered, branched trichomes; primary axis 4-10 cm; secondary axes to 15 cm; pedicels 1.5-4 cm. Calyx glabrous to sparsely stellate pubescent, inconspicuously toothed. Ovary 5-carpellate; styles united into a very short column; disk slightly convex. Fruit unknown. Fl. Apr.

Forests or roadsides on mountain slopes; 300-500 m. SE Yunnan [Vietnam].