Rhynchotechum ellipticum (wall. ex D.dietr.) A.dc.

Stems 0.7-2 m, basally glabrescent, apically densely appressed rust-brown to brown woolly. Leaves opposite; petiole 0.8-5 cm, appressed rust-brown to brown woolly; leaf blade oblanceolate to obovate or elliptic, 9.5-32 X 3-10 cm, adaxially rust-brown to brown woolly, glabrescent, abaxially densely woolly to fulvous pubescent, glabrescent except along veins, base cuneate to attenuate, rarely nearly rounded, margin denticulate to serrate, apex acute to acuminate. Cymes 15-70-flowered; peduncle 0.9-4 cm, densely appressed rust-brown to brown woolly to pubescent; bracts 3-13 mm. Pedicel 2-13 mm. Calyx segments lanceolate, 2.2-5 mm, outside brown woolly to pubescent, inside glabrous. Corolla white or tinged pink, 3.5-6 mm; tube 1.5-2.5 mm; adaxial lip 1.6-1.8 mm; abaxial lip 2.2-4 mm. Stamens adnate to corolla near base, 0.5-1.1 mm; staminode 0.2-0.3 mm. Pistil 5-7 mm, glabrous; ovary 1-2 mm. Berry white, 2-6 mm, glabrous. Fl. Jun-Oct, fr. Aug-Jan.

A tropical plant. In China it grows in shaded places near streams between 100-1800 m altitude in southern regions.

The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. They are cooked with meat or fish. The ripe fruit are eaten raw.