• Scientific Name: Wikstroemia indica (L.) C.A.Mey.
• Ref: Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1:357. 1843
• Synonyms:
  • Capura purpurata L.
  • Daphne cannabina Lour.
  • D. indica L.
  • D. indica subsp. linearifolia (Elmer) Halda
  • D. indica subsp. novae-caledoniae (Gand.) Halda
  • D. zhouana Halda
  • Diplomorpha viridiflora (Wall. ex Meisn.) C.A.Mey.
  • Wikstroemia amplifolia (Schltr.) Domke
  • W. forsteri Decne.
  • W. linearifolia Elmer
  • W. novae-caledoniae Gand.
  • W. pachyphylla Merr.
  • W. pulgarensis Elmer
  • W. purpurata (L.) Druce
  • W. shuttleworthiana Meisn.
  • W. shuttleworthii Meisn.
  • W. subcoriacea Merr.
  • W. valbrayi H.Lév.
  • W. viridiflora Wall. ex Meisn.
  • Xylosma cochine Lour. ex Gomes Mach.
• English Common Name: tie bush, Indian stringbush, bootlace bush, small-leaf salago
• Chinese Common Name: 了哥王 liǎogē∙wáng 南岭荛花 Nánlǐng ráohuā
• Family: Thymelaeaceae
• Genus: Wikstroemia
• Distribution: Forests, rocky shrubby slopes; below 1500 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam; Australia, Pacific islands east to Fiji; Mauritius, Sri Lanka (introduced)].
• Photo: 09/13/2014, Is. Nanji, Zhejiang

Shrubs 0.5-2 m or more tall. Branches reddish brown, glabrous. Leaves opposite; petiole ca. 1 mm; leaf blade reddish brown on both surfaces when dried, obovate, elliptic-oblong, or lanceolate, 2-5 × 0.5-1.5 cm, papery to thinly leathery, both surfaces glabrous, base broadly or narrowly cuneate, apex obtuse or acute; lateral veins dense, slender, at narrow angle to midrib. Inflorescences terminal, capitate, several flowered; peduncle 0.5-1 cm, glabrous. Pedicel 1-2 mm. Calyx yellowish green, 7-12 mm, exterior glabrescent; lobes 4, broadly ovate to oblong, ca. 3 mm, apex acute or obtuse. Stamens 8. Disk scales often 2 or 4. Ovary obovoid or ellipsoid, glabrous or apex sparsely pubescent; style very short; stigma capitate. Drupe red to dark purple, ellipsoid, 7-8 mm. Fl. and fr. summer-autumn. (Flora of China)

09/13/2014, Is. Nanji, Zhejiang