Chloranthus spicatus
Content
Description
Small glabrous shrub, 0.5-1.5 m, with ascending or ± spreading branches.
Leaves oblong-ovate or ovate-elliptic to elliptic, 4-13.5 by 2-8.5 cm, rather obtuse or at least not or scarcely acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, rather coarsely crenate-serrate, nerves 4-6 pairs;
Inflorescences terminal with 10-20 ascending spikes 2-5 cm long;
Fruit green or yellowish, 4 by 2 mm, narrowed at the base.
Distribution
Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa cultivated); Sumatera (Sumatera cultivated), Parakansalak cultivated
China but widely cultivated elsewhere in eastern Asia; in Malesia cultivated in Java (e.g. Parakansalak) and Sumatra (West Coast); 700-920 m. Fl..
Citation
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