星柱树参 xing zhu shu shen

Shrubs, 1-3 m tall, ?hermaphroditic. Petiole 0.5-5 cm; leaf blade ovate-oblong, 7-18 × 2-5 cm, papery, glandular punctate, 3-veined at base, secondary veins 6-12 pairs, distinct on both surfaces, base broadly cuneate to obtuse or nearly rounded, margin entire, apex shortly acuminate. Inflorescence terminal; umbels solitary, ca. 15-flowered; peduncle ca. 1.5 cm in fruit; pedicels ca. 8 mm in fruit. Ovary 3-carpellate; styles 3, united at base. Fruit globose, ca. 3.5 mm in diam.; styles persistent, ca. 1.5 mm, united at base, free arms diverging. Fl. and fr. times unknown.

● Forests or scrub on mountain slopes. Guangxi.