西臧山小橘 xi zang shan xiao ju

Walsura xizangensis C. Y. Wu & H. Li, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 110. 1980; Glycosmis medogensis D. D. Tao ex C. C. Huang, nom. illeg. superfl.; G. motuoensis D. D. Tao, nom. illeg. superfl.

Shrubs or trees, to 3 m tall. Leaves 3- or 4-foliolate; petiolules 4-10 mm; leaflet blades alternate to subopposite, broadly ovate to obovate-elliptic, 12-20 × 5-9 cm, subleathery, abaxially pale green, adaxially dark green, base cuneate, margin entire or repand, apex mucronate. Inflorescences axillary, 2.5-4 cm. Sepals broadly ovate, less than 2 mm, margin ciliate. Petals oblong, ca. 1.5 mm, glabrous, apex obtuse. Stamens 10; filaments flattened; anthers elliptic. Ovary subglobose; style terete. Fruit not seen.

● Hillside woods; ca. 800 m. SE Xizang (Mêdog).

The later names Glycosmis medogensis and G. motuoensis are based on the same type (Qinghai-Xizang Exped. 74-4540) as Walsura xizangensis.