细轴蒲桃 xi zhou pu tao

Trees, to 9 m tall. Branchlets blackish brown when dry, angled. Petiole 3-5 mm; leaf blade oblong to ovate-oblong, 6-9 × 2-3 cm, leathery, secondary veins 1.5-2.5 mm apart, at an angle of ca. 70° from midvein, abaxially obscure, and adaxially inconspicuous, intramarginal veins ca. 1 mm from margin, base broadly cuneate, apex acuminate and with an obtuse cusp. Inflorescences axillary, paniculate cymes, 1- or 2-clustered, 2-3 cm; peduncle slender, ridged; bracts acicular. Flowers 3-clustered, sessile. Flower buds long pyriform, ca. 4 mm. Hypanthium ca. 3 mm. Calyx lobes shallowly wavy. Petals distinct, ca. 2.5 mm. Stamens slightly prominent. Fruit globose, 1.2-1.5 cm in diam. Fl. Jun.

● 1100-1200 m. Guangxi (Xilin).