海南幌伞枫 hai nan huang san feng

Trees, to ca. 7 m tall. Leaves 3- or 4-pinnately compound; petiole and rachis glabrous; petiolules 4-10 mm; leaflets narrowly elliptic, 4.5-11 × 1.2-4.2 cm, papery, both surfaces glabrous, lateral veins 5 or 6 pairs, slightly distinct, base narrowly cuneate, margin entire, minutely revolute, apex acuminate to slightly caudate. Inflorescence brown-red stellate pubescent; primary axis more than 35 cm; secondary axes to 20 cm; peduncles 1.5-2.5 cm; umbels in fruit 2-3 cm in diam., terminal ones often larger; pedicels 5-10 mm. Fruit brown-red at maturity when dry, weakly compressed laterally, circular to oblate, 4-6 × 5-8 mm; styles 2, persistent, 2-3 mm, united below middle, free arms recurved. Fr. Dec.

● Forest margins, near villages; below 800 m. Hainan (Chengmai).