Leea macrophylla Roxb. ex Hornem.

Erect shrubs, small trees, or perennial herbs. Branchlets terete with longitudinal ridges, hairy to mealy pubescent. Leaves variable in shape and size, simple, 3-foliolate, or 1-3-pinnate; stipules large and obovate, 4-6 × 2-6 cm, caducous; petiole 15-20 cm, pubescent, or glabrescent; simple leaf blade broadly ovate, 40-65 × 35-60 cm, base rounded, margin dentate, apex acuminate, pubescent; lateral veins 12-15 pairs, veinlets inconspicuously protruding. Inflorescences opposite to leaves, compound corymbose-dichasial; peduncle 20-25 cm, mealy pubescent; bracts triangular to narrowly so. Pedicel 2-3 mm, pubescent; buds oval-elliptic, 2-3 mm, apex rounded. Calyx tube cupulate, with 5 triangular teeth, pubescent. Petals elliptic, 2.5-4 mm, pubescent. Staminodial tube 2-2.2 mm, with lower part 0.3-0.5 mm, upper 1.4-1.7 mm, lobes 1.3-1.6 mm. Stamens 5; filaments 1.5-2 mm; anthers elliptic, 1.4-1.8 × 0.6-0.8 mm. Ovary nearly globose; style 1.2-1.5 mm; stigma slightly capitate. Berry oblate, 0.8-1.3 cm, 6-seeded. 2n = 24, 48.

Himalaya (Nepal to Bhutan), India, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China.

1500-1700 m

Yunnan [Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand].

Leea aspera Wallich ex G. Don; L. robusta Roxburgh.

Leea macrophylla is occurring in Yunnan of China, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand.

Erect shrubs, small trees, or perennial herbs. Branchlets terete with longitudinal ridges, hairy to mealy pubescent. Leaves variable in shape and size, simple, 3-foliolate, or 1-3-pinnate; stipules large and obovate, 4-6 cm long, 2-6 cm wide, caducous; petiole 15-20 cm, pubescent, or glabrescent; simple leaf blade broadly ovate, 40-65 cm long, 35-60 cm wide, base rounded, margin dentate, apex acuminate, pubescent; lateral veins 12-15 pairs, veinlets inconspicuously protruding. Inflorescences opposite to leaves, compound corymbose-dichasial; peduncle 20-25 cm, mealy pubescent; bracts triangular to narrowly so. Pedicel 2-3 mm, pubescent; buds oval-elliptic, 2-3 mm, apex rounded. Calyx tube cupulate, with 5 triangular teeth, pubescent. Petals elliptic, 2.5-4 mm, pubescent. Staminodial tube 2-2.2 mm, with lower part 0.3-0.5 mm, upper 1.4-1.7 mm, lobes 1.3-1.6 mm. Stamens 5; filaments 1.5-2 mm; anthers elliptic, 1.4-1.8 mm long, 0.6-0.8 mm wide. Ovary nearly globose; style 1.2-1.5 mm; stigma slightly capitate. Berry oblate, 0.8-1.3 cm, 6-seeded.

The chromosomal number of Leea macrophylla is 2n = 24 (Karkamkar and Patil, 1992).

Growing in shade habitat of forest.

Leea macrophylla is reported to be anti-cancerous properties. Powder of leaves mixed with honey is given to patient of cancer (Swarnkar and Katewa, 2008).