广西树参 guang xi shu shen

Dendropanax crassifolius Y. F. Deng & H. Peng; D. parvifloroides C. N. Ho.

Shrubs, to 3 m tall, hermaphroditic. Petiole 1-6 cm; leaf blade dimorphic; unlobed blades ovate-elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 5-14 × (2.5-)3-5 cm, glandular punctate, 3-veined at base, secondary veins 6-9 pairs, weakly visible on both surfaces; lobed blades (when present) obtriangular, deeply 2- or 3-cleft, lobes narrowly triangular; papery, base cuneate, margin entire, often with few narrowly triangular teeth to ca. 1 mm, minutely revolute, apex acuminate. Inflorescence terminal; umbels 1-3, 10-20-flowered; peduncle 0.5-1.5 cm; pedicels 0.5-1.5 cm in flower, 0.5-2 cm in fruit. Calyx minutely 5-toothed. Ovary 2- or 3-carpellate; styles 2 or 3, united for ca. 4/5 their length. Fruit globose, 5-6 mm in diam.; styles persistent, 0.7-1.5 mm, free arms divergent. Fl. Sep, fr. Sep, Nov.

Shaded places in forests. Guangdong, Guangxi, SE Yunnan [Vietnam].