榕叶罗伞 rong ye luo san

Trees or climbers, to 10 m tall, hermaphroditic. Branches with scattered prickles. Leaves simple, (2 or)3-lobed; petiole 10-17 cm, unarmed or with few prickles; blade 14-35(-40) × 17-25 cm, papery; lobes ovate, usually narrowed basally, divided 1/2-3/4 to base, abaxially sparsely stellate pubescent or glabrous, adaxially glabrous, base deeply cordate, margin serrate, teeth blunt, triangular, 4-11 mm apart, apex acuminate. Inflorescence terminal, erect, sparsely stellate, unarmed; primary axis to 8 cm; peduncles 2-4.5 cm; umbels (1 or)2-4(or 5), 2.5-3.5 cm in diam.; pedicels 5-12 mm. Ovary 2-carpellate. Fruit globose, slightly compressed, 4-8 mm in diam.; styles persistent, ca. 2 mm. Fl. Aug-Oct, fr. Oct-Jan, Apr.

Forests or scrub on mountain slopes; 600-2500 m. Yunnan [Vietnam].