卵果琼楠 luan guo qiong nan

Trees, up to 10 m tall. Branchlets chestnut-brown when dry, somewhat angular. Terminal buds glabrous. Leaves subopposite; petiole 1-1.5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade shiny on both surfaces, elliptic, somewhat oblique, 9-13.5 × 2-3.5 cm, leathery, midrib abaxially slightly elevated, adaxially flat, lateral veins 7-9 pairs, conspicuous on both surfaces and anastomosing at margin, reticulate veins visible on both surfaces, base narrowly cuneate, apex acuminate, acumen slightly oblique. Flowers unknown. Infructescences ca. 4 cm. Fruits ovoid-oblong, ca. 1.8 × 1.4 cm, smooth; fruiting pedicels 1-1.5 cm, glabrous. Fr. Sep.

● Limestone forests; ca. 700 m. N Guangxi (Huanjiang).