近心叶卫矛 jin xin ye wei mao

Shrubs, ca. 2 m tall; branches and twigs sturdy, 4-angled or winglike when young, brown or gray-brown when dry. Leaf blade sessile, thickly leathery, ovate-oblong, 13-15 × 4-6 cm, base cordate, margin coarsely serrate, apex acuminate; lateral veins impressed adaxially, prominent abaxially. Pedicel thin, ca. 10 mm. Flowers 4-merous (not seen). Capsule green when immature, globose, with 4 wings, ca. 1 cm in diam. Fl. before Jul, fr. Aug or later.

● Forests; ca. 600 m. Guangxi.

This species is known only from the type, which has very young fruit.