Vasilis Teodoridis:
Theaceae | Eurya
27. Eurya muricata Dunn; J. Bot. 48: 324. 1910.
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Shrubs or trees; 2-6 m tall. Young branches grayish brown; current year branchlets yellowish green; terete; glabrous or sparsely pubescent; terminal buds glabrous or pubescent. Petiole 4-5 mm; glabrous or pubescent; leaf blade oblong-elliptic to elliptic; 5.5-11.5 x 2-4.3 cm; leathery; abaxially pale green to yellowish green; adaxially dark green and shiny; both surfaces glabrous or slightly pubescent; midvein abaxially elevated and adaxially impressed; secondary veins 9-11 on each side of midvein and obscure on both surfaces or abaxially slightly visible; base cuneate to broadly cuneate; margin serrulate; apex acuminate. Flowers axillary; solitary or to 5 in a cluster. Pedicel 1-1.5 mm; glabrous. Male flowers: bracteoles suborbicular; 1-1.5 mm; glabrous; sepals suborbicular; 2-2.5 mm; leathery; outside glabrous; margin ciliolate; apex rounded and retuse with a mucronate tip; petals oblong to oblong-obovate; 4-5 mm; stamens 15-22; anthers multi-locellate; pistillode glabrous. Female flowers: bracteoles and sepals similar to those of male flowers; petals ovate-lanceolate; ca. 3 mm; ovary globose; glabrous; 3-loculed; style ca. 1.5 mm; apically 3-lobed. Fruit purplish black when mature; globose; 4-5 mm in diam. Seeds reddish brown; reniform compressed globose; shiny. Fl. Sep-Dec; fr. Jun-Sep.
? Forest or thickets; 300-1300 m. S Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guizhou; SE Hubei; Hunan; S Jiangsu; Jiangxi; SE and W Sichuan; S and SE Yunnan; Zhejiang.