生活型

tree

形態特徵

• A tree to 10 m.
• Leaves 3-foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate; petioles variable in length, 1–9 cm long, terete; leaflets thin-coriaceous, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 5–17 cm long, 2.8–6 cm broad, acute to acuminate, cuneate at base, crenulate-serrulate, glabrous on both surfaces, the lateral veins about 8 per side, slender, slightly raised beneath; petiolules variable in length, 1–2 cm long.
• Inflorescence a terminal nearly glabrous panicle, 20–30 cm long; flowers about 4–5 mm across; calyx and petals yellowish, 2–3 mm long; stamens 5, the filaments pubescent, the anthers large, ovate-oblong, about 0.8 mm long; ovary globose or ovoid, glabrous, 3-celled.
• Fruit globose, brownish, about 10–12 mm thick, the pericarp not fleshy.

分布

• 台灣 : in forests, central and southern parts of the island.
• 世界 : The Ryukyus to southern Japan.

引證標本

TAIPEI: Tanshui, Faurie 14. TAITUNG: Liu & Keng 2871. HUALIEN: Wilson 11072.

參考文獻

• LI, HUI-LIN, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 3: 663. 1993.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)