水竹蒲桃 shui zhu pu tao

Eugenia fluviatilis Hemsley, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 296. 1887.

Shrubs, 1-3 m tall. Branchlets brown when dry, terete. Petiole ca. 2 mm; leaf blade linear-lanceolate, 3-8 × 0.7-1.4 cm, leathery, abaxially yellowish brown when dry, adaxially dark brown and not glossy when dry, abaxially with numerous small raised glands, adaxially with numerous impressed glands, secondary veins numerous, 1.5-2 mm apart, at an angle of ca. 40° from midvein, abaxially slightly raised, and adaxially inconspicuous, intramarginal veins ca. 0.3 mm from margin, base gradually narrowed, apex obtuse to slightly rounded. Inflorescences axillary, cymes, 1-2 cm. Flower buds obovoid, ca. 4 mm. Hypanthium obconic, ca. 3.5 mm. Calyx lobes 4, very short. Petals white or purple, distinct, rounded, ca. 4 mm. Stamens 4-5 mm. Style as long as stamens. Fruit black when ripe, globose, 6-7 mm in diam. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Sep-Dec.

● Streamsides in forests; 100-1000 m. Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan.