糙毛水东哥 cao mao shui dong ge

Replaced synonym: Saurauia hirsuta C. F. Liang, Guihaia 6: 175. 1986, not Saurauia hirsuta Blume, Bijdr. 128. 1825 ["Saurauja"].

Trees small, 3-5 m tall. Young branches hirsute, old branches glabrescent to glabrous. Leaf blade obovate, 15-25 × 9-15 cm, softly leathery, abaxially densely appressed-hirsute, hairs on midvein and lateral veins thicker, adaxially sparsely setulose, hairs on midvein and lateral veins longer, lateral veins ca. 18 pairs, base obtuse, margin densely setose-serrate, apex shortly acute. Flowers solitary, axillary on young branchlets; pedicels 1-1.3 cm, hirsute; bracts ca. 4 mm. Sepals sanguineous, ovate to oblong, 8-10 mm, densely hirsute. Petals pink, spatulate-oblong, 1.1-1.2 cm. Stamens 50-90, 3-4 mm. Ovary subglobose, hirsute; styles 4. Fruit unknown. Fl. and fr. unknown.

● Semi-evergreen forests on mountains; 800-1700 m. SE Xizang.