生活型

shrub

形態特徵

• Small evergreen shrubs to 1–3 m tall; bark smooth; branches glabrous.
• Leaves mostly crowded at tip of stems, coriaceous, oblanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, 5–8 cm long, 2–3 cm broad, apex acute to subacuminate, base long attenuate, upper margin entire to crenate-serrulate, glabrous, upper surface green, lower surface pale, midrib strongly raised or obscure on both surfaces; petiole 1–1.5 cm long, glabrous.
• Terminal racemes 7–10 cm long, often branched below; pedicel 2–5 mm long; calyx thick coriaceous, 5-lobed nearly to base, lobes triangular-ovate, glabrous, 2–3.5 mm long; corolla urceolate, 7–8 mm long, slightly constricted near mouth; stamens 10, anthers 2-spurred; styles slightly exserted.
• Fruit a globose capsule, 7 mm thick, style persistent.

分布

• 台灣 : n open places, 800 to 3,300m.
• 世界 : China.

引證標本

ILAN: Taipingshan, Suzuki s. n. in 1929. TAIPEI: Peichatienshan, Lu 13207; Huangtitien, Wu et al 947. HSINCHU: Kuanwu, Loa 146. TAICHUNG: Suyuanyako, Lu 23911; Takeng, Tseng s.n. in 1996. NANTOU: Luantashan, More 7030. CHIAYI: Mat. Alishan, Keng 1131; Yushan, Lu 14779. KAOHSIUNG: Kuanshan, Liou 444. PINGTUNG: Peitawushan, Liu 29. TAITUNG: Tawushan, Matuda s. n. 1918. HUALIEN: Keng & Kao 2668.

參考文獻

• LI, Hui-Lin, LU, Sheng-You, YANG, Yuen-Po and TSENG, Yen-Hsueh, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 4: 22. 1998.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)