Damnacanthus hainanensis (H.S.Lo) Y.Z.Ruan

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Damnacanthus

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1-4 m tall. Branches brown, angulate or ridged, glabrous, without spines. Petiole of developed leaves 2-8 mm, glabrous; leaf blade drying black, elliptic-ovate, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, 6-11 × 2-4.5 cm, glabrous, base rounded or cuneate, margins thinly revolute, apex cuspidate; midrib prominulous adaxially; secondary veins 5-7 pairs; stipules caducous, interpetiolar, triangular. Pedicels ca. 2 mm. Calyx limb subtruncate or lobed; teeth triangular. Corolla white, outside glabrous; tube ca. 14 mm; lobes 4, ovate-lanceolate. Drupes ca. 8 mm in diam., glabrous. Fl. May, fr. Nov.
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Distribution

Damnacanthus hainanensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1016046-1
WFO ID wfo-0000937545
COL ID 343B8
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Synonyms

Damnacanthus henryi subsp. hainanensis Damnacanthus hainanensis