团花蒲桃 tuan hua pu tao

Shrubs, to 3 m tall. Branchlets brown when dry, terete; old branches grayish white when dry, stout. Petiole 2-4 mm; leaf blade oblong-oblanceolate, 4-6 × 1.5-2 cm, leathery, abaxially brownish when dry, adaxially grayish brown when dry, abaxially with conspicuous black glands, adaxially with numerous black glands, secondary veins 1.5-2.5 mm apart, at an angle of ca. 45° from midvein, and conspicuous on both surfaces, reticulate veins inconspicuous, intramarginal veins ca. 1 mm from margin, base cuneate, apex rounded to obtuse. Inflorescences terminal, cymes, 1-1.5 cm, branchless; peduncle ca. 8 mm. Flower buds globose, ca. 3 mm in diam. Hypanthium shortly obconic, ca. 2 mm. Calyx lobes inconspicuous. Petals distinct, rounded, ca. 2 mm. Stamens 1.5-2 mm; anthers white, short, small. Style 2-2.5 mm. Fruit globose, ca. 1 cm in diam. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. May-Jun.

● Broad-leaved evergreen forests, hills; 400-1000 m. S Yunnan (Xishuangbanna).