大花赤楠 da hua chi nan

Myrtus tripinnata Blanco, Fl. Filip. 421. 1837; Syzygium okudae Mori; S. tripinnatum (Blanco) Merrill.

Branchlets brown, subterete but apically much compressed. Petiole 5-7 mm; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate to oblong, 8-12 × 2-4.5 cm, stiffly papery, secondary veins 8-11 on each side of midvein and 1-1.5 cm apart, intramarginal veins 2-3(-4) mm from margin. Inflorescences terminal, cymes, 5-7(-9) cm, remote; peduncle (2-)3-3.5 cm; bracts 2, triangular. Flower pink. Hypanthium funnel-shaped, ca. 1.5 cm. Calyx lobes 4, suborbicular, 5-6 × 6-7 mm, subequally broad, punctate. Petals 4, elliptic, ca. 1.5 cm, punctate, apex rounded. Stamens numerous, 1.5-2.3 cm, unequal. Ovary 2-celled. Style filiform, 3-3.5 cm. Fruit red, ellipsoid, ca. 2.5 cm in diam., crowned by thick calyx rim. Fl. Apr, fr. Nov-Dec.

Evergreen mixed forests, mountain slopes; below 100 to 300 m. Taiwan (Lan Yu) [Philippines].