Neillia thyrsiflora D.Don

Small shrubs, erect, scandent, or creeping. Branches glabrous, ultimate ones often zigzag. Leaves ovate, 3-lobed, 4-12 by 2.5-7.5(-ll) cm, base cordate to subtruncate, serrate, 3 main nerves, th® middle one with 5-7 side-nerves, nerves and veins terminating in marginal teeth, glabrous to sparsely hairy. Petiole 0.5-2 cm. Stipules membranous, up to 12 by 6.5 mm, ± serrate. Inflorescence a bracteate compound raceme, the lower of the up to 8 side-branches in the axils of the upper leaves, up to 12(-20) cm long, pedicels up to 2 mm. Flowers erect. Hypanthium widely campanu-late, 1.5-3 mm high, growing after anthesis, hairy to glabrous outside, always with scattered stalked glands, the stalks growing to 6 mm after anthesis. Sepals ± spreading in anthesis, 3-5 by 1-2 mm including the up to 2(-3) mm long acumen, persistent, indumentum outside as hypanthium and often with occasional glands. Petals suborbicular to ovate, 1.5-3.5 by 1.5-3 mm, not or shortly clawed, with ciliate margin, early caducous. Stamens 7-21, filaments up to 1.2 mm, anthers c. 0.5 mm long. Pistil usually 1, ovary ovoid, 1.5-2.5 mm long, style up to 2 mm, ovules 7-10. Follicle 6-9 by 2.5-3.5 mm, not including the persistent style remnant. Seeds several, up to 2 mm long.

A tropical and subtropical plant. In Nepal it grows between 1600-2100 m altitude. In southern China it grows near the edges of forests between 1,000-3,000 m above sea level. In Vietnam it grows between 1,200-1,500 m above sea level.

The ripe fruit are eaten.

Plants are grown from seed.