- 5 0 ▁cm ▁at ▁m atur ity . ▁Le aves : ▁Le aves ▁range ▁in ▁shape ▁from ▁ov ate ▁to ▁ob long , ▁are ▁fin ely ▁hair y ▁( t oment ose ) ▁along ▁the ▁mid rib ▁and ▁later al ▁ve ins , ▁and ▁measure ▁ 5 - 1 6 ▁cm ▁in ▁length ▁by ▁ 3 - 1 0 ▁cm ▁in ▁width . ▁Flow ers : ▁F lower ▁colour ▁ranges ▁from ▁white ▁to ▁red , ▁and ▁the ▁infl ores c ences ▁range ▁from ▁ere ct ▁or ▁p end ul ous . ▁F ruit : ▁Me as uring ▁about ▁ 1 ▁mm ▁in ▁diameter , ▁the ▁spher ical ▁f ruits ▁range ▁in ▁colour ▁from ▁yellow ▁to ▁re dd ish ▁pur ple ▁when ▁ri pe . ▁ ▁Range ▁and ▁distribution ▁Native ▁to ▁China , ▁including ▁F uj ian , ▁Gu ang d ong , ▁Ji ang xi , ▁Sh a an xi , ▁S ich uan , ▁and ▁Y unn an ▁provinces . ▁Also ▁occurs ▁in ▁Taiwan . ▁ ▁Vari eties ▁Two ▁vari eties ▁of ▁these ▁species ▁are ▁known ▁to ▁botan ists : ▁P . ▁ax ill aris ▁var . ▁ax ill aris , ▁and ▁P . ▁ax ill aris ▁var . ▁st yl osa . ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁P ach ys andra ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁Greek ▁words ▁p ach y , ▁which ▁means ▁' st out ' ▁or ▁' thick ', ▁and ▁s andra , ▁which ▁means ▁' st am ens '. ▁It ▁was ▁named ▁in ▁reference ▁to ▁its ▁st out