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Strychnos cathayensis Merrill, Lingnan Sci. J. 13: 14. 1934; Li & Leeuwenberg, Fl. China 15: 326. 1996.

臺灣馬錢(華馬錢)

  • Strychnos henryi Merr. & Yamamoto ex Yamamoto

    Scandent shrubs; branchlets slightly hirsute to glabrescent. Leaves long-elliptic to elliptic, 6-8 cm long, 3-4 cm broad, acute to acuminate, base cuneate to obtuse, margins entire, green and shining above, pale beneath, 3- or rarely 5-nerved, costa and veins impressed above, elevated beneath, sparsely pilose; petioles short, ca. 5 mm long, hirsute. Inflorescences terminal, fruiting ones dichotomously branched, subumbellate, hirsute, pedicels stout, ca. 5 mm long. Fruit ca. 3 cm across, black.

    PINGTUNG: Hengchun, Henry 1662 (Type!).

    Southern China. Taiwan, rare, restricted to thick forest of Hengchun Peninsula, ca. 300-700 m alt.


     

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