大叶假卫矛 da ye jia wei mao

Microtropis macrocarpa C. Y. Cheng & T. C. Kao.

Shrubs 1.5-3 m tall; branchlets slender, brown. Petiole 5-10 mm; leaf blade rectangular or oblong, 8-15 × 3.5-7 cm, papery, abaxially green, adaxially yellowish green, base widely cuneate or decurrent, apex widely rounded, long caudate, tail 11-15 × 1-2 mm; midvein slender, obviously prominent abaxially, secondary veins 3-5 pairs, obviously prominent abaxially, curved. Cymes mainly on branched axis, 1 or 2 × dichotomously branched; peduncle 1.5-2 cm, secondary peduncle ca. 1.5 cm; lateral pedicel ca. 1 cm or longer; terminal flowers subsessile. Flowers 5-merous. Capsule fusiform when immature, ca. 5 × 1.3 cm, apex with subulate rostrum; persistent sepals slightly thickened, approximately leathery, semiorbicular or nephroid, 3.5-4 mm wide. Fl. Jul, fr. Oct.

Evergreen forests, thick forests, slopes; 1500-1700 m. S Xizang, SE Yunnan [Myanmar].