Vasilis Teodoridis:
Loganiaceae | Strychnos
8. Strychnos cathayensis Merrill; Lingnan Sci. J. 13: 14. 1934.
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Lianas to 8 m. Young branchlets pubescent; glabrescent; with axillary double tendrils or erect spines. Petiole 2--4 mm; leaf blade elliptic to narrowly oblong; 2--10 X 0.5--4 cm; abaxially puberulent; adaxially green; glabrous; and shiny; base obtuse to rounded; apex acute to acuminate; basal veins 3(--5); veins adaxially impressed. Cymes terminal or axillary; 3--4 cm; many-flowered; peduncle puberulent; bracteoles ovate to triangular; ca. 1 mm. Flowers 5-merous; 0.8--1.2 cm. Pedicels ca. 2 mm; puberulent. Calyx lobes ovate; ca. 1 X 0.5 mm; outside puberulent. Corolla white; salverform; ca. 1.2 cm; glabrous; outside sometimes papillose; tube ca. 9 mm; lobes oblong; to 3.5 mm; slightly thickened. Stamens inserted at corolla mouth; ca. 2 mm; filaments ca. 0.5 mm; anthers oblong; 1.5--2 mm; glabrous. Pistil to 1.1 cm; glabrous. Ovary ovoid; ca. 1 mm. Style slender; to 1 cm; stigma capitate. Berries globose; 1.5--3 cm in diam.; 2--7-seeded. Seeds saucer-shaped; 2--2.5 cm wide; densely puberulent. Fl. Mar-Jun; fr. Jun-Dec.
300--800 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Taiwan; Yunnan [N Vietnam].