Vasilis Teodoridis:
Myrsinaceae | Myrsine
6. Myrsine stolonifera (Koidzumi) E. Walker; Philipp. J. Sci. 73: 247. 1940.
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Anamtia stolonifera Koidzumi; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 37: 40. 1923; A. marginata Masamune; A. mezii Masamune; Myrsine marginata Mez (1902); not Hooker & Arnott (1834); Rapanea stolonifera (Koidzumi) Nakai.
Shrubs ca. 2 m tall. Branchlets terete; 1-1.5(-2) mm in diam.; glabrous. Petiole canaliculate; 5-8 mm; leaf blade elliptic or lanceolate; 6-8(-10) x 1.5-2.5(-3) cm; papery or subleathery; glabrous; base cuneate; margin entire or sometimes with 1 or 2 pairs of teeth beyond middle; punctate; apex acuminate; lateral veins inconspicuous; densely and minutely areolate; marginal vein absent. Inflorescences axillary or on leafless branchlets; umbellate or fascicled; sessile; 3- or 4-flowered; bracts hastate or lanceolate; glabrous. Flowers 5-merous; 1.8-2 mm. Pedicel 2-3 mm; glabrous; subtended by 1 bract. Calyx lobes spreading; nearly free; narrowly elliptic or oblong; 0.8-1 mm; flat; glabrous; prominently punctate; apex acute or obtuse. Petals united into a very short tube; glabrous outside; densely glandular granulose inside except for tube; lobes oblong; punctate; apex obtuse. Stamens ca. 1/2 as long as petals; filaments free; adnate to base of petals; anthers broadly ovate or reniform; apex apiculate. Ovary glabrous; punctate. Stigma apiculate or lobed. Fruit red becoming bluish black; globose; ca. 5 mm in diam.; glabrous. Fl. Apr-Jun; fr. Dec-Jan.
Mixed forests; damp places; 300-2100 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan].