Vasilis Teodoridis:
Araliaceae | Pentapanax
13. Pentapanax fragrans (D. Don) T. D. Ha; Araliae Fl. Sev. Vetnama. Avtoref Diss. 1. 1972.
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Trees; small; or scandent or climbing shrubs; to 15 m tall; andromonoecious or sometimes hermaphroditic. Leaves 1-pinnately compound; petiole 6-18 cm; petiolules of terminal leaflet 3-10 cm; those of lateral leaflets shorter; leaflets (3-)5; ovate; narrowly ovate; or oblong to elliptic; 6-15 x 2.5-8 cm; both surfaces glabrous or abaxially pubescent on veins; secondary veins 8-10 pairs; conspicuous; base rounded to acute; margin ciliate to serrate; sometimes entire; apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescence a terminal corymb of umbels; glabrous to pilose; primary axis 0.5-3.5 cm; secondary axes 7-13; each 7-17 cm; with a terminal umbel of bisexual flowers and 2-6 lateral; verticillate umbels of male flowers; peduncle 2-4.5 cm; pedicels 5-15 mm; glabrous or pilose. Ovary 5-carpellate; styles united into a column. Fruit ovoid-globose; 4-5.5 mm in diam.; styles persistent. Fl. Jun-Aug; fr. Aug-Oct.
Moist forests; forests in valleys; forest margins; ravines; mountain slopes; 2000-3600 m. SW Sichuan; S Xizang; Yunnan [Bangladesh; Bhutan; India; Myanmar; Nepal; Sri Lanka; N Thailand; N Vietnam].
13b. Pentapanax fragrans var. forrestii (W. W. Smith) C. B. Shang in Y. W. Yuan et al.; Proc. Int. Symp. Bot. Gard. 631. 1990.
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Pentapanax forrestii W. W. Smith; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 10: 58. 1917; P. leschenaultii var. forrestii (W. W. Smith) H. L. Li.
Leaflets usually 3; membranous or papery; margin entire.
? Forests in valleys; 2300-3400 m. SE Xizang; NW Yunnan.