Lycianthes marlipoensis C. Y. Wu & S. C. Huang

Subshrubs 1-2 m tall, glabrous throughout. Leaves unequal paired; petiole of major leaf 1-1.5 cm, that of minor leaf 0.5-1.2 cm; blade of major leaf long elliptic, 10-14 × 4-6.5 cm, base cuneate, apex caudate-acuminate; blade of minor leaf ovate-lanceolate, 3.8-8.5 × 1.7-3.5 cm. Flowers not seen. Infructescences usually 2-4(-8)-fruited fascicles in leaf axils. Fruiting pedicel usually 2-3 cm. Fruiting calyx cup-shaped, 3-3.5 × 5-7 mm; teeth 5, slightly unequal, 0.5-1 mm. Berry globose, 6-7 mm in diam. Seeds brown-yellow, subdeltate, discoid, 1.5-2 × 1-1.2 mm. Fr. winter.

SE Yunnan.

* Forests, calcareous slopes; 1100-1400 m.