珍珠莲 zhen zhu lian

Ficus foveolata (Wallich ex Miquel) Wallich ex Miquel var. henryi King ex Oliver, Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 19: t. 1824. 1889; F. arisanensis Hayata; F. foveolata var. arisanensis (Hayata) Kudô; F. oxyphylla Miquel var. henryi (King ex Oliver) T. Yamazaki.

Shrubs, procumbent or scandent, woody. Branchlets densely covered with brown long pubescence. Petiole 5-10 mm, with hairs; leaf blade ovate-elliptic, 8-10 × 3-4 cm, leathery, abaxially densely covered with brown or long pubescence, adaxially glabrous, base rounded to cuneate, apex acuminate; basal lateral veins extended, secondary veins 5-7 on each side of midvein, tertiary veins honeycomblike. Figs axillary on normal leafy branches, paired, conic, 1-1.5 cm in diam., densely covered with long brown pubescence, glabrescent, apical bracts erect, ca. 3 mm; peduncle short to absent; involucral bracts ovate-lanceolate, 3-6 mm.

* Evergreen broad-leaved forests, scrub. Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.