Vasilis Teodoridis:
Proteaceae | Helicia
14. Helicia reticulata W. T. Wang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 5: 300. 1956.
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Helicia cochinchinensis Loureiro var. pseuderratica Sleumer; H. reticulata var. parvifolia W. T. Wang.
Shrubs or small trees; 3-10 m tall. Branchlets and mature leaves glabrescent. Petiole 0.5-1.5(-3) cm; leaf blade oblong; obovate; or oblanceolate; (5.5-)7-27 x (2-)3-10 cm; leathery to ± leathery; base cuneate; margin remotely serrate to serrulate; apex shortly acuminate; acute; or obtuse; midvein and secondary veins raised on both surfaces; secondary veins 6-12 on each side of midvein; reticulate veins conspicuous on both surfaces. Inflorescences axillary or ramiflorous; 7-15 cm; glabrous; sometimes rachis and pedicel pilose but soon glabrescent; bracts of flower pairs lanceolate; 1.5-2 mm; glabrous; floral bracts ca. 0.5 mm. Pedicels 2-5 mm; connate basally or to middle. Perianth white or yellowish; 1.3-1.6 cm. Anthers ca. 3 cm. Hypogynous glands basally connate; 4-parted. Ovary glabrous. Fruit black; ellipsoid; 1.5-1.8 x ca. 1.5 cm; apex apiculate; pericarp ca. 1 mm thick; leathery. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Oct-Dec.
* Forests or secondary thickets; hilly slopes; mountain ridges; 300-2100 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hunan; Jiangxi; SE Yunnan.