Vasilis Teodoridis:
Myrsinaceae | Ardisia
14. Ardisia obtusa Mez in Engler; Pflanzenr. IV. 236 (Heft 9): 104. 1902.
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Shrubs or trees to 7 m tall; densely and minutely brown scaly on branchlets; petioles and inflorescence; glabrescent. Branchlets terete; 4-5(-6) mm in diam. Petiole marginate; canaliculate; 5-10 mm; leaf blade oblanceolate; elliptic or obovate; (5-)6-9(-10) x (1.4-)2-4(-5) cm; thin leathery; glabrous; base cuneate; margin entire or obscurely serrate; apex broadly acute; acuminate; or obtuse; lateral veins 8-15 on each side of midrib; obscure; marginal vein inconspicuous. Inflorescences terminal or subterminal; paniculate; branches corymbose or subumbellate; rarely racemose; 5-8 x 7-13 cm. Flowers papery; white to pink or lavender; 2-5(-6) mm. Pedicel 2-10(-17) mm; slender. Sepals ovate; 0.8-1.5 mm; pellucid or orange punctate; margin entire; minutely ciliate; apex acute. Petals nearly free; broadly ovate or ovate; 2-4(-6) mm; densely and minutely orange punctate; or inconspicuously pellucid punctate; margin entire; apex obtuse to acute. Stamens equaling petals; filaments short; anthers punctate dorsally; apex apiculate. Pistil as long as petals; ovary glabrous; ovules 15 to numerous; in 3 series. Fruit black; 4 (-8) mm in diam.; pellucid punctate; obscurely longitudinally ribbed.
Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan [Vietnam]
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Myrsinaceae | Ardisia
14. Ardisia obtusa Mez in Engler; Pflanzenr. IV. 236 (Heft 9): 104. 1902.
??? tong pen hua
Shrubs or trees to 7 m tall; densely and minutely brown scaly on branchlets; petioles and inflorescence; glabrescent. Branchlets terete; 4-5(-6) mm in diam. Petiole marginate; canaliculate; 5-10 mm; leaf blade oblanceolate; elliptic or obovate; (5-)6-9(-10) x (1.4-)2-4(-5) cm; thin leathery; glabrous; base cuneate; margin entire or obscurely serrate; apex broadly acute; acuminate; or obtuse; lateral veins 8-15 on each side of midrib; obscure; marginal vein inconspicuous. Inflorescences terminal or subterminal; paniculate; branches corymbose or subumbellate; rarely racemose; 5-8 x 7-13 cm. Flowers papery; white to pink or lavender; 2-5(-6) mm. Pedicel 2-10(-17) mm; slender. Sepals ovate; 0.8-1.5 mm; pellucid or orange punctate; margin entire; minutely ciliate; apex acute. Petals nearly free; broadly ovate or ovate; 2-4(-6) mm; densely and minutely orange punctate; or inconspicuously pellucid punctate; margin entire; apex obtuse to acute. Stamens equaling petals; filaments short; anthers punctate dorsally; apex apiculate. Pistil as long as petals; ovary glabrous; ovules 15 to numerous; in 3 series. Fruit black; 4 (-8) mm in diam.; pellucid punctate; obscurely longitudinally ribbed.
Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan [Vietnam]