柔毛五味子 rou mao wu wei zi

Young branches lacking wings; leaf-bearing branches elongated. Petiole 1-2.7 cm, tomentose; leaf blade obovate-elliptic to elliptic, 6-10.5 × 4-6 cm, papery, not glaucous, abaxially densely tomentose, secondary veins (4 or)5(-7) on each side of midvein, base cuneate to broadly cuneate and decurrent on petiole, margin denticulate, apex shortly to long acuminate. Flowers axillary to fugacious bracts at base of young shoots or axillary to leaves, solitary; peduncle 2.4-4.3 cm (staminate), 2-4.5 cm (pistillate), tomentose. Tepals 5-7, yellow, largest 5.5-10 × 4.5-6.5 mm, outermost abaxially tomentose. Staminate flowers: stamens 16-22, ± distinct; pollen 6-colpate. Pistillate flowers: carpels 45-70; pseudostyle small. Fruit peduncle ca. 5.5 cm, tomentose; torus ca. 4.5 cm; apocarps red, 3-4 × 4-5 mm. Seed testa smooth. Fl. May, fr. Aug.

● Forests, thickets; 1300-2200 m. S Sichuan.