Vasilis Teodoridis:
Euphorbiaceae | Excoecaria
5. Excoecaria acerifolia Didrichsen; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kj?benhavn. 1857: 129. 1857.
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Shrubs 1-3 m tall; glabrous; branchlets longitudinally angulate; sparsely lenticellate. Leaves alternate; stipules small; gland-shaped; ca. 0.5 mm; petioles 2-5 mm; eglandular; leaf blade ovate; ovate-lanceolate; or lanceolate; rarely elliptic; 5-13 x 0.8-6 cm; papery; base attenuate; sometimes obtuse; margins densely acutely glandular-serrate; apex acuminate or long acuminate to caudate-acuminate; midvein elevated on both surfaces; lateral veins 6-10. Flowers unisexual; monoecious and androgynous in terminal and axillary 2.5-6 cm racemes; female in lower part; male in upper part. Male flowers: pedicels short; bracts broadly ovate or triangular; ca. 1.3 x 1.5 mm; apex acute; base bilateral; each with 1 rotund gland; each bract with 2 or 3 flowers; sepals 3; lanceolate; ca. 1.2 x 0.6-0.8 mm; stamens 3; anthers globose; longer than filaments. Female flowers: pedicels short; bracts ovate; ca. 2.5 x 1.5 mm; aristate at apex; acumen to 1.5 mm; base bilateral; each with 1 rounded gland; bractlets 2; oblong; ca. 1.5 cm; apex irregularly 3-serrulate; sepals 3; slightly connate at base; ovate; ca. 1.5 x 1.2 mm; apex acute; margins serrulate; ovary globose; ca. 1.5 mm in diam. Capsules subglobose; triangular; ca. 1 cm in diam. Seeds ovoid; gray-black when dry; smooth; ca. 4 mm in diam.
Montane forests and thickets; along rivers and streams in bushlands; 1200-3000 m. Gansu; Guangzhou; Hubei; Hunan; Sichuan; Yunnan [India; Nepal].