生活型

herb

形態特徵

• A small creeping perennlia herb.
• Leaves cordate-orbicular, (1.8-)2.0–2.6(–2.8) cm long, (2.4-)2.7–3.3(–3.5) cm broad, glabrous above, glabrous beneath on the veins; petioles hirsute, 1.2–6.8(–11.0) cm long.
• Flowers white, 1.2 cm long, solitary, terminal, pedicelled, 1.2–4.2 cm long, pubescent; bracts 2; calyx 5-lobed, lobes linear-lanceolata; corolla elongate funnelform, (4-)5-lobed, the throat glabrous; stamens 4–5, inserted in the middle of the corolla-tube; styles included, 6 mm long, stigma 2-lobed.
• Fruits globose, fleshy, 0.7 cm long, 0.7–1.2 cm in diam., lightly red at maturity. Seeds 2.

分布

• 台灣 : widely distributed.
• 世界 : Pantropic.

引證標本

TAIPEI: Wulai, Liu 149. ILAN: Suao, Mt. Oobi, Masam. s. n. Apr. 1983. YUNLIN: Touliu, Sasaki s. n. Sept. 1931. KAOHSIUNG: Sanping, Hsieh 1404, to Nanfonshan, Kao 7447; Wuweishan, Sasaki s. n. Jan. 1916. TAITUNG: Lanyu, Yang & Chu 8033; Langtao, Yang & Yen 8188; Tungching, Yang et al. 10010.

引用文獻

• LIU, Ho-Yih, YANG, T. Y. Aleck, LI, Sung-Po and LI, Hen-Jung, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 4: 261. 1998.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit., 台灣植物誌第二版)