Vasilis Teodoridis:
Myrsinaceae | Ardisia
35. Ardisia crassinervosa E. Walker; Philipp. J. Sci. 73: 86. 1940.
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Ardisia aquifolioides W. Z. Fang & K. Yao; A. crassirhiza Z. X. Li & F. W. Xing ex C. M. Hu; A. nervosa E. Walker (1940); not H. R. Fletcher (1937).
Shrubs ca. 2 m tall; glabrous. Branchlets angular; 1-1.5 mm in diam.; reddish glandular papillate. Petiole canaliculate; 3-5 mm; leaf blade elliptic; oblanceolate; or rarely obovate; 10-17 x 3-6 cm; leathery; glabrous; base cuneate; margin somewhat undulate with vascularized nodules; apex acute or subacuminate; lateral veins numerous; raised on both surfaces; marginal vein conspicuous. Inflorescences terminal; simple or compound subumbellate; on specialized lateral branches 8-20 cm and with 2 or 3 subapical leaves. Flowers papery; pink; purplish; or white; 5-6 mm. Pedicel ca. 1 mm; punctate at least when young. Sepals broadly ovate to suborbicular; 3.8-4 mm; densely orange punctate; glabrous; base auriculate; margin entire; scarious; apex rounded or obtuse. Petals nearly free; ovate; densely punctate; densely glandular granulose adaxially; glabrous abaxially; margin entire; opaque; apex obtuse. Stamens subequalling petals; filaments much shorter than anthers; anthers lanceolate; longitudinally dehiscent; epunctate or inconspicuously punctate dorsally; apex apiculate. Pistil subequalling petals; ovary glabrous; punctate; ovules ca. 9; uniseriate. Fruit red; globose; ca. 9 mm in diam.; densely punctate. Fl. Jan-Jul; fr. Jul-Jan.
* Dense broad-leaved forests; hillsides; scrub; open fields; valleys; damp places; along streams; 100-1800 m. Hainan