生活型

shrub

形態特徵

• Scandent shrubs; branchlets minutely papillose.
• Leaves chartaceous, obovate, 3–7 cm long, 1–2.5 cm wide, apex obtuse to rounded, mostly slightly emarginate, base cuneate, margins entire, glabrous, lateral veins 5–7 pairs, indistinct; petioles 6–7 mm long, glabrous.
• nflorescences axillary, racemose, minutely papillose, 2–4 cm long; peduncles and pedicels minutely papillose. Flowers greenish; calyx lobes oblong-triangular, black punctate; corolla lobes oblong-elliptic to ovate-oblong.
• Fruit globose, blackish.
• Embelia laeta (L.) Mez var. laeta, which has glabrous branchlets, was thought to extend to Taiwan (Li, 1978). Examination of the voucher specimen (Suzuki 7547) showed its young stems to be papillate, indicating that it belongs instead to variety papillige

分布

• 台灣 : widely distributed in mountains throughout the island.
• 世界 : China.

引證標本

ILAN: Ilan, Suzuki 7547; Hoping logging trail, Lu 16307. HSINCHU: Tapachienshan, Huang 5938. TAICHUNG: Lishan, Kuo 7628. NANTOU: Shitou, Hsu 6226. TAINAN: Yuchin, You & Liao s. n. 1958. PINGTUNG: Tawushan, Huang 15395. HUALIEN: Mukuashan, Liu et al. 212.

參考文獻

• YANG, Yuen-Po and LU, Sheng-You, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 4: 47. 1998.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)