黑老虎 Kadsura coccinea

  • Scientific Name: Kadsura coccinea (Lem.) A.C.Sm.
  • Ref: Sargentia 7:166. 1947
  • Synonyms:
    • Cosbaea coccinea Lem.
    • Kadsura ananosma Kerr
    • K. calophylla A.C.Sm.
    • K. cavaleriei H.Lév.
    • K. chinensis Hance ex Benth.
    • K. chinensis var. annamensis Gagnep.
    • K. coccinea var. annamensis (Gagnep.) Bân
    • K. coccinea var. sichuanensis Y.W.Law
    • K. hainanensis Merr.
    • Schisandra hanceana Baill.
  • Chinese Common Name: 黑老虎 hēi∙lǎohǔ, 臭饭团 chòu∙fàntuán, 过山龙藤 guòshān∙lóng téng
  • Family: Schisandraceae
  • Genus: Kadsura
  • Distribution: Semi-open shrublands and forests; (200-)400-1400(-1900) m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan [Myanmar, Vietnam].
Plants glabrous throughout. Petiole 0.9-3(-4.1) cm; leaf blade elliptic to rarely ovate, 7-19 × 2.5-10 cm, papery to leathery, secondary veins 3-8(-12) on each side of midvein, base cuneate, broadly cuneate, or rarely truncate, margin entire or rarely denticulate, apex acute, shortly acuminate, or rarely obtuse. Flower peduncle 0.4-2(-3.1) cm (staminate), 0.7-3.8 cm (pistillate). Tepals 8-16(-24), white, red, purplish red, or occasionally yellowish, largest (0.8-)1.2-2.3 × 0.6-1.2(-1.5) cm. Staminate flowers: stamens 10-50; staminodes generally present at apex of torus. Pistillate flowers: carpels 20-68. Fruit peduncle 2.6-4.9 cm; apocarps red to purplish red, 1.4-2.4 × 0.7-1.7 cm. Seeds 1 or 2 per apocarp, pyriform, 1-1.8 × 0.7-1.1 cm. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Oct-Dec. (Flora of China)

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