亮花假鹰爪 liang hua jia ying zhua

Phaeanthus saccopetaloides W. T. Wang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 6: 199. 1957.

Trees or woody climbers, to 6 m tall. Branches appressed ferruginous pubescent when young, glabrescent. Petiole 3.5-5 mm; leaf blade elliptic, oblong, or ovate-oblong, 5.5-13.5 × 2-4.5 cm, membranous, abaxially sparsely hairy but glabrescent, adaxially glabrous except for puberulent midvein, secondary veins 7-11 on each side of midvein, base cuneate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences leaf-opposed, 1-flowered. Pedicel 2-2.2 cm. Sepals ovate-triangular, ca. 1 × 1 mm. Outer petals ovate-triangular, ca. 4 mm; inner petals ovate-oblong to lanceolate, 2.7-3.5 × 1-1.3 cm, outside pubescent, inside densely pubescent. Stamen connectives apically truncate. Carpels ca. 12, ca. 2.2 mm, densely tomentose; ovules ca. 8 per carpel; stigmas sessile, globose. Monocarp stipes 4-6 mm; monocarps slightly moniliform, 1.8-2.7 × 1-1.2 cm, with 3-5 joints, glabrous. Fl. Aug-Sep, fr. Oct-Nov.

● Forested slopes; 1200-2300 m. S Yunnan (Xishuangbanna).

The taxonomic placement of this species within Desmos is questionable and requires further research.