Ardisia pubivenula E. Walker

Subshrubs to 0.5 m, stoloniferous. Stems terete, 3-5 mm in diam., reddish villous-tomentose. Petiole canaliculate, 4-10 cm, densely reddish villous or villous-tomentose; leaf blade broadly ovate or elliptic, (6-)10-15 3-7.5 cm, papery, densely villous-tomentose abaxially, glabrescent, bullate adaxially, base broadly rounded or subcordate, margin finely serrate with apiculate reflexed teeth, apex broadly acute; lateral veins 8-12 on each side of midrib, at acute angles to midrib, marginal vein absent. Inflorescences lateral, in axils of bracts, racemose, ca. 3 cm, puberulent. Flowers unknown. Pedicel ca. 8 mm, slender, puberulent. Fruiting sepals broadly ovate, ca. 1.5 mm, puberulent, obscurely punctate, margin ciliate, apex obtuse. Fruit red, globose, 6-7 mm in diam., minutely puberulent, punctate. Fr. Dec-Feb.

Guangxi, Hainan

Broad-leaved forests, hillsides, moist places, along streams; ca. 800 m.