Ardisia crenata, a
30-100cm-tall evergreen shrub, grows in evergreen forests with erect
stems and sparsely branching on the upper parts. The phyllotaxis is
alternate; blades, 4-13cm long, 2-4cm wide, are long-oblong, with
wavy serrations on margins, thick texture, and both surfaces
glabrous. The branch tip set is approximately ten, about 8 mm,
across white flowers in an umbel way. Corollas deeply cut themselves
into five, and the lobes bend backward. Stamens are five in number,
stigmas one. Drupes are spherical, 6-7mm in diameter, remaining
until around next April. Bloom time: June-August. |