Vasilis Teodoridis:
Myrsinaceae | Ardisia
6. Ardisia quinquegona Blume; Bijdr. 689. 1826.
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Ardisia elliptisepala E. Walker; A. jinyunensis Z. Y. Zhu; A. pauciflora Heyne; A. pentagona A. de Candolle; A. quinquegona var. hainanensis E. Walker; A. quinquegona var. oblonga E. Walker; Bladhia pseudoquinquegona Masamune; B. quinquegona (Blume) Nakai.
Shrubs 2(-6) m tall; rarely rhizomatous. Branchlets angular; 2-3 mm in diam.; brown scaly; glabrescent; longitudinally ridged. Petiole canaliculate; (3-)5-10 mm; brown scaly; glabrescent; leaf blade oblong; elliptic; or oblanceolate; 8-16 x 2-4 cm; membranous; dull and glabrous adaxially; inconspicuously punctate and scaly abaxially; base cuneate; margin flat; entire; apex narrowly acute to acuminate; acumen to 1 cm; lateral veins numerous; inconspicuous; marginal vein inconspicuous. Inflorescences axillary; paniculate; cymose; or subumbellate; ca. (1-)3-5(-8) cm; scaly. Flowers membranous; white or pink; to 3 mm. Pedicel 5-8 mm; scaly. Sepals ovate to lanceolate; ca. 1 mm; punctate; glabrous; margin sparsely and minutely ciliate; apex acute to obtuse. Petals nearly free; broadly elliptic; to 3 mm; punctate; glabrous except puberulent at base adaxially; apex acute or obtuse. Stamens subequalling petals; filaments obsolete; anthers ovate to reniform; punctate dorsally; dehiscent by terminal pores opening into large longitudinal slits; apex apiculate. Pistil longer than petals; even in bud; ovary glabrous; punctate; ovules numerous; multiseriate. Stigma punctiform. Fruit depressed; obtusely 5-angled; inconspicuously punctate. Fl. Mar-Jul; fr. Aug-Feb.
Damp seepage in mixed forests; valleys; streambanks; hillsides; damp places; 200-1300 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan [India; Indonesia; Japan (Ryukyu Islands); Malaysia; Vietnam]
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Myrsinaceae | Ardisia
6. Ardisia quinquegona Blume; Bijdr. 689. 1826.
??? luo san shu
Ardisia elliptisepala E. Walker; A. jinyunensis Z. Y. Zhu; A. pauciflora Heyne; A. pentagona A. de Candolle; A. quinquegona var. hainanensis E. Walker; A. quinquegona var. oblonga E. Walker; Bladhia pseudoquinquegona Masamune; B. quinquegona (Blume) Nakai.
Shrubs 2(-6) m tall; rarely rhizomatous. Branchlets angular; 2-3 mm in diam.; brown scaly; glabrescent; longitudinally ridged. Petiole canaliculate; (3-)5-10 mm; brown scaly; glabrescent; leaf blade oblong; elliptic; or oblanceolate; 8-16 x 2-4 cm; membranous; dull and glabrous adaxially; inconspicuously punctate and scaly abaxially; base cuneate; margin flat; entire; apex narrowly acute to acuminate; acumen to 1 cm; lateral veins numerous; inconspicuous; marginal vein inconspicuous. Inflorescences axillary; paniculate; cymose; or subumbellate; ca. (1-)3-5(-8) cm; scaly. Flowers membranous; white or pink; to 3 mm. Pedicel 5-8 mm; scaly. Sepals ovate to lanceolate; ca. 1 mm; punctate; glabrous; margin sparsely and minutely ciliate; apex acute to obtuse. Petals nearly free; broadly elliptic; to 3 mm; punctate; glabrous except puberulent at base adaxially; apex acute or obtuse. Stamens subequalling petals; filaments obsolete; anthers ovate to reniform; punctate dorsally; dehiscent by terminal pores opening into large longitudinal slits; apex apiculate. Pistil longer than petals; even in bud; ovary glabrous; punctate; ovules numerous; multiseriate. Stigma punctiform. Fruit depressed; obtusely 5-angled; inconspicuously punctate. Fl. Mar-Jul; fr. Aug-Feb.
Damp seepage in mixed forests; valleys; streambanks; hillsides; damp places; 200-1300 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan [India; Indonesia; Japan (Ryukyu Islands); Malaysia; Vietnam]