生活型

shrub

形態特徵

• Small undershrub, 2–3 m high; stem slender, grayish.
• Leaves alternate to subopposite, remote, chartaceous, lanceolate, to oblanceolate, 5–7 cm long, 1.5–2 cm broad, acuminate, acute to obtuse at apex, cuneate-attenuate at base, the lateral veins 4–7 on each side of the midrib; petioles 0.5–1 cm long.
• Flowers white or yellow, capitate at end of branches in 3 fascicles of 6–7 flowers each, bracteate; calyx-tube glabrous, cylindric, 4 mm long, 4-lobed, the lobes triangular-ovate, obtuse at apex; stamens 8 in 2 rows, the anthers linear, 1 mm long, the filaments glabrous.
• Fruit an ovoid drupe, 7 mm long, 4 mm across, apiculate, red.

分布

• 台灣 : Endemic, in primary forests at high altitudes from 2,000–3,000 m.

引證標本

ILAN: Mt. Chilanshan, Chang 4501. CHIAYI: Mt. Alishan, Chang 4501. PINGTUNG: Mt. N. Tawu, Chang 7325. HUALIEN: Liu, Chen et a1. 97.

參考文獻

• CHANG, CHING-EN, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 3: 772. .  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)