金山五味子 jin shan wu wei zi

Plants glabrous throughout. Young branches lacking wings; leaf-bearing branches elongated. Petiole 0.9-2.6 cm; leaf blade elliptic to obovate, 6-9 × 2.5-5 cm, papery to rarely subleathery, abaxially conspicuously glaucous, secondary veins 4 or 5(-8) on each side of midvein, base cuneate to broadly cuneate and often ± decurrent on petiole, margin denticulate to serrulate, apex shortly acuminate. Flowers axillary to fugacious bracts at base of young shoots, solitary; peduncle 2.4-3.3 cm (staminate), 3.7-4 cm (pistillate). Tepals 6-8, white to yellow, largest 6.5-10 × 4-7.5 mm. Staminate flowers: stamens 18-24, ± distinct; pollen 6-colpate. Pistillate flowers: carpels 42-50; pseudostyle small. Fruit peduncle 4.5-7 cm; torus 3-12 cm; apocarps red, 5-11 × 4-8.5 mm. Seed testa ± smooth. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Oct.

● Forests, thickets; 1500-2600 m. Chongqing, W Hubei.

This species is a horticultural plant with edible fruit. It is used medicinally.