Vasilis Teodoridis:
Euphorbiaceae | Hancea
1. Hancea hookeriana Seemann; Bot. Voy. Herald. 409. 1857.
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Cordemoya hookeriana (Seemann) Müller Argoviensis; Mallotus hookerianus (Seemann) Müller Argoviensis.
Shrubs or small trees; 1.5-10 m tall. Branchlets and inflorescences hispid. Leaves opposite; each pair very unequal; stipules linear-lanceolate; ca. 1 cm; hispid; persistent; petiole 1-1.5 cm; larger leaves oblong-lanceolate; 8-16 x 2-6 cm; thinly leathery; abaxially hispid along midrib; base obtuse; sometimes with 2 glands; margins entire or repand-denticulate; apex acuminate; veins 8 or 9 pairs; smaller leaves subulate; 1-1.2 cm. Male inflorescences axillary; racemelike; 4-10 cm. Male flowers solitary or paired; bracts lanceolate; 4-5 mm; pedicel 4-5 mm; calyx lobes 4; elliptic; ca. 4 mm; purplish; stamens 60-70. Female inflorescences racemelike; 2-2.5 cm; 1-3-flowered; bracts lanceolate; 7-8 mm. Female flower: sepals 5; lanceolate; 5-7 mm; pilose; ovary pilosulose and softly spiny; styles 3; 1-2.5 cm; basally connate; long papillose. Fruiting pedicel 4-5 cm; capsule 3-locular; 1.2-1.4 cm in diam.; pilosulose and densely softly spiny; spines filiform; ca. 3 mm. Seeds globose; ca. 5 mm in diam.; brown marbled. Fl. Apr-Aug; fr. Jun-Dec.
Mountain valleys or ravines; forests; 100-900 m. Guangdong; S Guangxi; Hainan [N Vietnam].