Vasilis Teodoridis:
Euphorbiaceae | Aporosa
1. Aporosa villosa (Lindley) Baillon; Étude Euphorb. 645. 1858.
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Scepa villosa Lindley; Nat. Syst. Bot.; ed. 2; 441. 1836; Aporosa dioica (Roxburgh) Müller Argoviensis var. yunnanensis (Pax & K. Hoffmann) H. S. Kiu; A. glabrifolia Kurz; A. microcalyx (Hasskarl) Hasskarl var. yunnanensis Pax & K. Hoffmann.
Shrubs or treelets 2-7 m tall; densely tomentose or pubescent throughout; but leaves sometimes glabrescent; especially adaxially. Stipules obliquely ovate; petiole 1-2 cm; 2-glandular at apex; leaf blade mostly broadly ovate or broadly elliptic; sometimes rotund to oblong-ovate; 8-13 x 4.5-8 cm; leathery; base often truncate or cordate; sometimes obtuse; margin entire or sparsely repand-dentate; apex rounded or obtuse; lateral veins 6-8 pairs; prominent on both surfaces. Male flowers axillary in 1-2 cm spikes; bracts semiorbicular; 2-3 mm; sepals 3-6; ovate-triangular or ovate; stamens 2 or 3. Female flowers axillary in 2-7 mm long spikes; bracts narrower than male ones; sepals 3-6; ovate-triangular; apex acute; ovary ovoid; bilocular. Capsules ellipsoid; ca. 1 cm; shortly rostrate at apex; 1-seeded. Seeds elliptic; ca. 9 mm. Fl. and fr. almost throughout year.
Montane dense forests; valley scrub; 100-1500 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Yunnan [Cambodia; India; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Euphorbiaceae | Aporosa
1. Aporosa villosa (Lindley) Baillon; Étude Euphorb. 645. 1858.
??? mao yin chai
Scepa villosa Lindley; Nat. Syst. Bot.; ed. 2; 441. 1836; Aporosa dioica (Roxburgh) Müller Argoviensis var. yunnanensis (Pax & K. Hoffmann) H. S. Kiu; A. glabrifolia Kurz; A. microcalyx (Hasskarl) Hasskarl var. yunnanensis Pax & K. Hoffmann.
Shrubs or treelets 2-7 m tall; densely tomentose or pubescent throughout; but leaves sometimes glabrescent; especially adaxially. Stipules obliquely ovate; petiole 1-2 cm; 2-glandular at apex; leaf blade mostly broadly ovate or broadly elliptic; sometimes rotund to oblong-ovate; 8-13 x 4.5-8 cm; leathery; base often truncate or cordate; sometimes obtuse; margin entire or sparsely repand-dentate; apex rounded or obtuse; lateral veins 6-8 pairs; prominent on both surfaces. Male flowers axillary in 1-2 cm spikes; bracts semiorbicular; 2-3 mm; sepals 3-6; ovate-triangular or ovate; stamens 2 or 3. Female flowers axillary in 2-7 mm long spikes; bracts narrower than male ones; sepals 3-6; ovate-triangular; apex acute; ovary ovoid; bilocular. Capsules ellipsoid; ca. 1 cm; shortly rostrate at apex; 1-seeded. Seeds elliptic; ca. 9 mm. Fl. and fr. almost throughout year.
Montane dense forests; valley scrub; 100-1500 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Yunnan [Cambodia; India; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam].