大花五味子 da hua wu wei zi

Kadsura grandiflora Wallich, Tent. Fl. Napal. 10. 1824.

Plants glabrous throughout. Young branches lacking wings; leaf-bearing branches elongated. Petiole 1.1-3 cm; leaf blade ± elliptic, 6.5-13 × 2-5 cm, papery, not glaucous, secondary veins (4 or)5 or 6(-8) on each side of midvein, base cuneate, attenuate, or rarely broadly cuneate, margin denticulate to rarely subentire, apex shortly to long acuminate. Flowers axillary to fugacious bracts at base of young shoots, solitary; peduncle 1.2-3.6 cm (staminate), 2-4.7 cm (pistillate). Tepals 6-9, white, cream-white, or sometimes pink-tinged, largest 0.7-1.5(-2.3) × 0.7-1.5 cm. Staminate flowers: stamens 30-50, ± distinct; pollen 3-colpate. Pistillate flowers: carpels 67-120; pseudostyle broad. Fruit peduncle 4-7 cm; torus 13-18(-25) cm; apocarps red, 4.5-10.5 × 4-7.5 mm. Seed testa smooth. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Jun-Oct. 2n = 14.

Broad-leaved forests, coniferous forests, mixed forests, thickets; (1800-)2100-3300(-4000) m. S Xizang [Bhutan, N India, Nepal].

This species is a horticultural plant with edible fruit.