簇花球子草 cu hua qiu zi cao

Peliosanthes minor Yamamoto; P. tonkinensis F. T. Wang & T. Tang; P. torulosa Y. Wan.

Stem short. Leaves 4--8; petiole (5--)20--30 cm, slightly compressed; leaf blade lanceolate to elliptic, (12--)16--23 × 2--4 cm, with 5 main veins, apex acute to acuminate. Scape 3--20 cm. Inflorescence a reduced panicle, (5--)10--15 cm; bracts lanceolate, 3--7 mm, membranous. Flowers in clusters of 2--5; pedicel (3--)5--8 mm; bracteole 1, ca. 2 mm. Perianth purple, 6--8 mm in diam.; tube 2--3 mm, mostly adnate to ovary; lobes oblong to ovate, 2.5--4 × 1.5--2 mm. Corona purple, ca. 0.5 mm wide; anthers ca. 0.5 mm. Style short; stigma capitate. Seeds subglobose, 5--7 mm. Fl. Jan. 2 n = 36*.

Forests; ca. 600 m. S Guangxi, Hainan, S Yunnan [Bangladesh, NE and SE India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam].