朱砂根 Ardisia crenata

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  • Scientific Name: Ardisia crenata Sims
  • Ref: Bot. Mag. 45:pl.1950. 1817
  • Synonyms:
    • Ardisia bicolor E.Walker
    • A. crenata var. bicolor (E.Walker) C.Y.Wu & C.Chen
    • A. crenata f. hortensis (Migo) W.Z.Fang & K.Yao
    • A. crenata subsp. mouretii (Pit.) C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
    • A. densa Miq.
    • A. elegans Andrews
    • A. konishii Hayata
    • A. kusukusensis Hayata
    • A. labordei H.Lév.
    • A. lentiginosa Ker Gawl.
    • A. linangensis C.M.Hu
    • A. mouretii Pit.
    • Bladhia crenata (Sims) H.Hara
    • B. elegans (Andrews) Koidz.
    • B. kusukusensis (Hayata) Nakai
    • B. lentiginosa (Ker Gawl.) Nakai
    • Tinus densa (Miq.) Kuntze
  • English Common Name: Christmas berry, Australian holly, coral ardisia, coral bush, coralberry, coralberry tree, hen’s-eyes, spiceberry
  • Chinese Common Name: 朱砂根/硃砂根 zhūshā∙gēn,
  • Japanese Common Name: マンリョウ [万両] manryō
  • Family: Primulaceae
  • Genus: Ardisia
  • Distribution: Forests, hillsides, valleys, shrubby areas, dark damp places; 100-2400 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Taiwan, SW Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [SW India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam]
  • Photo: 06/30/2016
Shrubs 1-1.5(-3) m tall, without creeping rhizomes, minutely reddish glandular papillate on branchlets, abaxial leaf surface, and inflorescence rachis, early glabrescent. Branchlets terete, 3-4 mm in diam. Petiole narrowly marginate, 6-10 mm, glabrous; leaf blade elliptic, narrowly lanceolate, or oblanceolate, 7-15 × 2-4 cm, leathery or papery, prominently punctate, base cuneate, margin subrevolute, crenate, or undulate, with large vascularized marginal nodules, apex acute or acuminate; lateral veins 12-18 on each side of midrib, marginal vein often hidden by reflexed margin. Inflorescences terminal, umbellate or cymose, on specialized, 2- or 3-leaved lateral branches 4-16(-40) cm. Flowers membranous, white or rarely pinkish, 4-6 mm. Pedicel 7-10 cm. Sepals oblong-ovate, 1-1.5(-2.5) mm, glabrous, punctate, margin entire, apex rounded or obtuse. Petals nearly free, ovate, punctate, glandular papillose adaxially near base, apex acute. Stamens shorter than petals; filaments nearly obsolete; anthers triangular-lanceolate, punctate dorsally, longitudinally dehiscent, acute. Pistil subequalling petals; ovary glabrous, punctate; ovules ca. 5, uniseriate. Fruit red, globose, 6-8 mm in diam., punctate. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Oct-Dec. (Flora of China)
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