''Tetrapilus brachiatus'' is a species of flowering plant in the olive family, Oleaceae. It grows as a shrub or small tree up to tall, with a stem diameter of up to . The twigs are pale brown. The flowers are dull white. Fruit ripens to purple-black. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

''brachiata'' is from the Latin meaning "branched", referring to the

decussate Decussation is used in biological contexts to describe a crossing (due to the shape of the Roman numeral for ten, an uppercase 'X' (), ). In Latin anatomical terms, the form is used, e.g. . Similarly, the anatomical term chiasma is named aft ...

inflorescence. ''T. brachiatus'' is native to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.

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brachiatus Flora of China Flora of Indo-China Flora of Malesia Lamiales of Asia Plants described in 1790 Taxa named by João de Loureiro {{Oleaceae-stub