Osmoxylon lineare (Merr.) Philipson

Glabrous, erect shrub, c. 3 m. Leaves crowded near the ends of the branches; petiole 4-6 cm, the base with a small stipular ligule (5 mm long) and a few fimbriate crests; blade to 20 cm ø, digitately compound with 4-7 leaflets (or very deeply divided into as many lobes); leaflets linear-lanceolate, c. 1-1½ cm wide, the base decurrent on the winged petiolule, apex attenuated, margin thickened, denticulate especially above. Inflorescence a terminal compound umbel; peduncle short (c. 1 cm), bracteate; primary rays c. 10, 2-2¾ cm long, each ending in three branches; the central branch 4-5 mm long bearing an umbel of c. 12 sterile, globose, bacciform flowers, c. 8 mm ø when dry; the lateral branches 3-3.5 cm long with a pair of minute fimbriate bracts about the middle, ending in a capitulum of c. 20 sessile flowers subtended by small fimbriate bracts, c. 1 mm ø. Calyx rim minute. Corolla and stamens unknown. Ovary 5-celled. Fruit ovoid c. 3 mm long, 5-ridged (when dry).

Low bushy shrub along river-banks. Flowers orange; fruit dark purple or black. Cultivated (recently) as an ornamental for its dark green and shiny foliage.