- Scientific Name: Ardisia crispa (Thunberg) A. de Candolle
- Ref: Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 17: 124. 1834.
- Synonyms: Bladhia crispa Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 97. 1784;
Ardisia crispa var. amplifolia E. Walker;
A. crispa var. dielsii (H. Léveillé) E. Walker;
A. dielsii H. Léveillé;
A. henryi Hemsley;
A. henryi var. dielsii (H. Léveillé) E. Walker;
A. hortorum Maximowicz ex Regel;
A. hortorum var. brachysepala Handel-Mazzetti;
A. multicaulis Z. Y. Zhu;
A. penduliflora Mez;
A. simplicicaulis Hayata;
Bladhia crispa var. dielsii (H. Léveillé) Nakai;
Tinus crispa (Thunberg) Kuntze;
T. henryi (Hemsley) Kuntze.
- Chinese Common Name: 百两金 bai liang jin
- Japanese Common Name:
- Family: Primulaceae
- Genus: Ardisia
- Distribution: Mixed or broad-leaved forests, damp places, bamboo woods, hillsides, valleys; 100-2500 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi,Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Vietnam]
Shrubs or subshrubs 0.6-1.5 m tall, with creeping rhizomes. Stems usually minutely puberulent or sparsely brown scaly when young. Petiole 5-8 mm; leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 7-25 × 1-5.8 cm, membranous or subpapery, glabrous adaxially, usually ± finely brown scaly abaxially, base cuneate, margin entire or shallowly crenulate, recurved, punctate, apex long acuminate or rarely acute; lateral veins ca. 8 on each side of midrib, marginal vein obscure. Inflorescences terminal, subumbellate, simple, on curved specialized lateral branches 5-10 cm. Flowers white or pink, 4-5 mm. Pedicel 1-1.5 cm, puberulent. Sepals oblong-ovate or lanceolate, ca. 1.5 mm, ± sparsely punctate, glabrous, apex acute or narrowly rounded. Petals ovate, 4-5 mm, punctate, glabrous outside, ± minutely puberulent inside, apex acute. Stamens subequalling petals; anthers narrowly oblong-lanceolate, with or without glands dorsally. Ovary glabrous; ovules ca. 5, uniseriate. Fruit reddish, globose, 5-6 mm in diam., punctate. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Oct-Jan. 2n = 24, 46.(Flora of China)
