台湾树参 tai wan shu shen

Gilibertia pellucidopunctata Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 2: 111. 1912; Textoria pellucidopunctata (Hayata) Kanehira & Sasaki.

Shrubs or small trees, hermaphroditic. Petiole 1-12 cm; leaf blade elliptic to oblong-ovate or lanceolate, (4-)8-14 × (2-) 2.5-5 cm, papery to subleathery, with prominent glandular punctae usually visible to naked eye, 3-veined at base, secondary veins 4 or 5 pairs, distinct on both surfaces, tertiary venation sometimes obscure, entire or deeply 2- or 3-lobed, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, margin entire, minutely revolute, apex acuminate to nearly caudate. Inflorescence terminal; umbels solitary (or 2-4), ca. 2 cm in diam., 6-20-flowered; peduncle ca. 1 cm in fruit; pedicels 5-6 cm in flower, expanding only slightly in fruit. Calyx rim 5-toothed. Ovary 5-carpellate; styles united basally. Fruit globose, 3.5-6 mm in diam., ribbed when dry; styles persistent, 1-1.5 mm, free arms divergent. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Aug-Feb.

● Broad-leaved forests; 800-2500 m. Taiwan.