南星毛罗伞 nan xing mao luo san

Grushvitzkya stellata Skvortsova & Averyanov, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 79: 108. 1994.

Trees, small, 5-10 m tall, probably hermaphroditic. Leaves simple, (5-)7-lobed; petiole 25-50 cm, densely stellate pubescent; stipules united with petiole, apices free, ca. 1 cm; blade orbicular, 30-40 cm wide, thickly papery to subleathery; lobes ovate, 10-20 × 5-9.5 cm, divided ca. 3/4 way to base, both surfaces densely stellate-pubescent, veins prominent on both surfaces, base strongly cordate, margin entire, apex acuminate. Inflorescence terminal, descending to pendent, unarmed, densely stellate pubescent; primary axis 25-35 cm; secondary axes 8-10 cm; umbels 4-6 cm in diam.; pedicels 1.5-2.5 cm, subtended by bracteoles 1.2-1.4 cm. Ovary 5-carpellate. Fruit ovoid to nearly globose, 10.5-14 × 7.5-8.5(-9) mm; styles persistent, ca. 2 mm. Fr. Oct-Dec.

Forests on limestone. SW Yunnan [N Vietnam].