海南流苏树 hai nan liu su shu

Linociera hainanensis Merrill & Chun, Sunyatsenia 5: 168. 1940; L. ramiflora (Roxburgh) Wallich ex G. Don f. caudatifolia L. C. Chia.

Shrubs or trees 3-12 m, glabrous. Branchlets slightly compressed, scabrous. Petiole (1-)1.5-3 cm; leaf blade obovate, obovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, sometimes elliptic, 5-11 × 1.5-4 cm, thin leathery, adaxially shiny, base attenuate, apex obtuse to short caudate; primary veins 7 or 8 on each side of midrib, slightly raised. Panicles axillary or terminal, 2-7.5 cm. Pedicel 1-2 mm. Calyx 0.5-1 mm; lobes deltate, ca. 0.5 mm, acute. Corolla white, 2-3 mm; lobes oblong, acute or rounded, united in pairs at base, extended in full bloom. Drupe ripening blue-black, ellipsoid, 1.3-1.5 cm × 8-9 mm, with several longitudinal ribs. Fl. Jul-Nov, fr. Mar.

* Dense forests; 0-1500 m. Hainan