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Description

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Small trees ca. 4 m tall; branchlets sparsely pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, ca. 0.6 cm; petiole 1.5-12 cm, subglabrous; leaf blade broadly ovate to oblong, 9-20 × 4-11 cm, herbaceous, 3-veined, basal-lateral pair reaching apex, anastomosing with basal pair of secondary veins, secondary veins 2-3 pairs, sparsely pubescent abaxially, base obtuse or broadly cuneate, margin entire, apex long caudate-acuminate, 1-3 cm. Inflorescences in axils of fallen leaves and older branches; female ones dichotomously branched 1 or 2 times, 1.2-3.2 cm; glomerules ca. 3 mm in diam. Male flowers: perianth lobes 3. Female flowers ca. 1 mm. Achene ovoid, compressed, ca. 1.5 mm, surrounded by a fleshy discoid cupule at base. Fl. May.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 5: 184 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Habitat & Distribution

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Tropical rain forests, valleys at low elevations. Taiwan (Lan Yu) [Indonesia, Philippines].
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 5: 184 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Synonym

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Villebrunea trinervis Weddell, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 1: 195. 1854.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 5: 184 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras