Description
Glabrous rhizomatous herbs.
Leaves cauline, alternate, flat, with many veins, petioled, entire, ovate to oblong, obtuse or subcuneate at the base;
Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves, nutant.
Ovary superior, sessile, ovoid, 3-celled;
Fruit a 1-5-seeded berry.
Distribution
Asia-Temperate: Taiwan (Taiwan present), Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present); Thailand (Thailand present), southern China present
Probably 4 or 5 spp. from Thailand, Indo-China, southern China, Taiwan; in Malesia: Philippines.
Citation
Nakai 1936 – In: J. Jap. Bot.: 147
Chang & Hsu 1974 – In: Taiwania: 64
Krause 1930 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 2, 15a: 370
