Common name
Mandarin: 斜基粗叶木 (xie ji cu ye mu)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2654)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)
Order: Gentianales (112)
Family: Rubiaceae (61)(family description)
Genus: Lasianthus (2)
Epithet: attenuatus Jack (1)
Synonym: Lasianthus bordenii Elmer ex Merr.
attenuatus => long, slender and tapering
bordenii => in honor of Thomas Eugene Borden (1875-1953), US American botanist
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub