生活型

herb

形態特徵

• Erect herbs, about 1.5 m high; stems angular, glabrous.
• Leaves oblong, rarely obovate, blades 12–30 cm long, 4–11 cm wide, acuminate at apex, attenuate to cuneate at base; petioles 0.2–3 cm long.
• Raceme opposite a leaf, 2.5–15 cm long; peduncles 0.3–2 cm long, scabrous; pedicels scabrous; bacteoles 2, alternate, in middle part of pedicel, setaceous; perianth parts 5, pink or white, imbricate in bud; stamens 9, filaments dilated at base, anthers dorsi-fixed, thecae 2, connate at point of attached with filament; ovaries 6–9, fused; styles separate; stigmas terminal.
• Fruit depressed-globose, with 6–9 fused fruitlets; seeds black, reniform-orbicular, about 3 mm long, with concentric striations.

分布

• 台灣 : in sunny places or in forests along trails from 300 to 3,000 m altitude.
• 世界 : E. China and Japan.

引證標本

TAIPEI: Kuanyingshan, Yang 351. ILAN: Shenmi Lake, Huang 5203*. TAOYUAN: Shulin to Palin, Kuoh 2549. HSINCHU: Kuanwu, Huang 4123; Tapachienshan, Kuoh 3252. MIAOLI: Compartment 133, Tashueshan Logging Station, Kuo & Kao 486; Taian Hot Spring, Sang 7668. TAICHUNG: Chiapaotai, Huang 557; Chika to 369 Shanchuang, Huang 7273. NANTOU: Chingjing Farm, Peng 6313; Meiyen, Kao 6677. CHIAYI: Lair-Jir, Wang et al. 6527. TAINAN: Tatungshan, Huang & Huang 16010*. KAOHSIUNG: Taoyuan, Liu 61. PINGTUNG: Kosyun, Inamura 9333. TAITUNG: Taito, Kawakami & Mori 5755. HUALIEN: Tosato to Sanpu, Masamune & Mori s. n. 1938.

參考文獻

• HUANG, SHING-FAN and HUANG, TSENG-CHIENG, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 2: 318. 1996.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)