能高山矾 neng gao shan fan

Ilex nokoensis Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30: 56. 1911; Bobua crenatifolia Yamamoto; B. nokoensis (Hayata) Kanehira & Sasaki; Symplocos crenatifolia (Yamamoto) Makino & Nemoto.

Shrubs. Young branchlets puberulent, soon glabrescent. Petiole 2--3 mm; leaf blade oblong-ovate to obovate, 1--2.3 X 0.8--1.2 cm, leathery, glabrous, base broadly cuneate to obtuse, margin sparsely crenate, apex acute to rounded, lateral veins 3--5 pairs. Spikes shortened to a fascicle, 1--3-flowered; bracts many, oblong to ovate, 2--4 mm, glabrous or minutely appressed puberulent, apex obtuse. Ovary ca. 0.5 mm, glabrous. Calyx glabrous, lobes ca. 2 mm. Corolla 2--3 mm. Stamens ca. 20. Disc cupular, glabrous. Style glabrous. Drupes ovoid, ca. 7 X 5 mm. Fr. Aug.

* Mixed forests; 3000--3200 m. Taiwan.