• Scientific Name: Podophyllum hexandrum Royle
• Ref: Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.:64. 1834
• Synonyms:
  • Dysosma emodi (Wall. ex Royle) M.Hiroe
  • Podophyllum emodi var. chinense Sprague
  • P. emodi var. hexandrum (Royle) R.Chatterjee & Mukerjee
  • P. hexandrum var. chinense (Sprague) Stearn ex Cubey
  • Sinopodophyllum emodi (Wall. ex Honigberger) T.S.Ying
  • S. hexandrum (Royle) T.S.Ying
  • S. hexandrum var. chinense (Sprague) Stearn ex J.M.H.Shaw & Cubey
  • S. hexandrum var. emodi (Wall. ex Honigberger) J.M.H.Shaw
• English Common Name: Himalayan may apple
• Chinese Common Name: 桃儿七 táor∙qī, 鬼臼 guǐjiù
• Japanese Common Name: ヒマラヤハッカクレン [ヒマラヤ八角蓮] himarayahakkakuren
• Family: Berberidaceae
• Genus: Podophyllum
• Distribution: Forests, thickets, wet forest margins, weedy places, meadows; 2200-4300 m. Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [E Afghanistan, Bhutan, N India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan]
• Photo: 06/23/2014, Daxueshan, Yunnan

Plants 20-50 cm tall. Stems solitary, angulate, glabrous. Leaf petiole 10-25 cm; leaf blade orbicular, not peltate, 11-20 × 18-30 cm, thinly papery, abaxially pubescent, adaxially glabrous, base cordate, 3-5-dissected to ca. midway or more, often partitions 2- or 3-lobed, apex of lobes acute or acuminate, margin entire or coarsely dentate, teeth apiculate. Petals obovate or obovate-oblong, 2.5-3.5 × 1.5-1.8 cm, apex slightly sinuolate. Stamens ca. 1.5 cm; filaments slightly shorter than anthers, 4-6 mm; anthers linear, 5-7 × 1.2-1.9 mm, apex rounded, obtuse; anther connective not prolonged. Pistils ca. 1.2 cm; ovary with parietal placentation; style short, 1-3 mm. Berry red, ovoid-globose, 4-7 × 2.5-4 cm, fleshy. Seeds maroon, ovoid-triangular. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Sep. (Flora of China)