生活型

herb

形態特徵

• Perennial herbs to 1.5 m long, erect, prostrate or trailing, rooting at nodes; pubescence of many-celled straight hairs.
• Leaves unequal paired; blade of major leaf ovate, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 3–7 cm long, 2.5–7.5 cm wide, apex acuminate or acute, base cuneate, rounded or cordate, sparingly pubescent or glabrate; petiole 0.8–3 cm long; minor leaf 2–4.5 long, 1.2–2.8 cm wide; petiole 2–3 mm long.
• Inflorescence 1- (or 2)-flowered fascicles; pedicel 0.8–1 cm long. Calyx cupular or campanulate, 7 mm long, 10-veined; corolla white, pink, or pale purple, stellate, 1.8 cm across, lobes lanceolate, 3–4 mm long, often reflexed; filaments 1 mm long, anthers 3–3.5 mm long.
• Berry red, globose, 8 mm across; seed ovate-triangular, 1.5–2 mm across, finely reticulate.

分布

• 台灣 : in broad-leaved evergreen forests and cloud forests.
• 世界 : India, mainland China and other parts of southeastern Asia.

引證標本

TAIPEI: Wulai, Kuanshan, Liao 1013; Tsaikungkengshan, Wu 898. ILAN: Between Chilan Forest station to Yuenyang Lake natural reserve, Boufford et al. 19409; Nanao, Lin 47. TAOYUAN: Lalashan, Lammers 8511. Mt. Taihaizan, Suzuki 5039. MIAOLI: Kuanwu, Peng 8423. NANTOU: Shenmu Village, Peng 7753; Hsitou, Peng 15004. CHIAYI: Fenchihu to Dadonshan, Liu 115. KAOHSIUNG: Taoyuan, Tengchih, Chen 550, Tienchih, Chen 236. PINGTUNG: Wutoushan, Wang 956. TAITUNG: Chihpen, Lu 2629. HUALIEN: Chingshuishan, Ho 1301; Huangma to Nanan, Lin 57.

參考文獻

• William G. D'Arcy and Peng, Ching-I, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 4: 555. 1998.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)