形态描述

灌木或小乔木，高3-10m。树皮灰色。单叶互生或稀疏簇生枝顶，革质，有香气，披针形、倒披针形或倒卵状椭圆形，长5-15cm，宽1.5-4.5cm，先端尾尖或渐尖，基部窄楔形，全缘，网脉不明显；叶柄长5-17mm。花腋生或近顶生，单生或2-3朵，红色；花梗长1.5-5cm；花被片10-15，倒卵形至椭圆形，肉质，大小不一，较大的花被片长可达1cm左右；雄蕊6-11；心皮10-14，轮状排列。聚合果蓇葖10-14，蓇葖顶端有长而弯曲的尖头。花期5-6月，果期8-10月。

分布地区

见于西湖景区（小和山），生于山谷和溪沟沿岸。分布于安徽、福建、贵州、湖北、湖南、江苏和江西。

主要用途

本种果实有毒。

中国植物志英文版

Shrubs or trees, to 10 m tall. Perules small, inconspicuous. Leaves in clusters at distal nodes; petiole 0.7-1.5 cm; leaf blade lanceolate, oblanceolate, or obovate-elliptic, 5-15 × 1.5-4.5 cm, leathery, midvein adaxially slightly impressed, secondary veins 6-10 on each side of midvein and inconspicuous, base narrowly cuneate, apex caudate to acuminate. Flowers axillary or subterminal. Flower peduncle 1.5-5 cm. Tepals 10-15, red to dark red, elliptic to oblong-obovate (largest), 8-13 × 6-8 mm (largest), fleshy. Stamens 6-11, 2.8-3.9 mm; filaments 1.5-2.5 mm; connectives apically inconspicuously truncate to slightly emarginate; anthers 1-1.5 mm; pollen grains trisyncolpate. Carpels 10-14, 3.9-5.3 mm; ovary 1.5-2 mm; style 2-3.3 mm. Fruit peduncle 6-8 cm. Fruit with (9 or)10-14 follicles; follicles 14-21 × 5-9 × 3-5 mm. Seeds 7-8 × ca. 5 × 2-3.5 mm. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Aug-Oct. ● Mixed forests, thickets; 300-1500 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, S Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang. Essential oil is extracted from the fruit and leaves, which are strongly aromatic. The roots and root bark are toxic, but they are used medicinally.----from “Flora of China”