Adinandra grandis L.K.Ling

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Pentaphylacaceae > Adinandra

Characteristics

Trees 13-20 m tall. Young branches grayish brown; current year branchlets green and glabrous; terminal buds long conic, ca. 2 cm, glabrous. Petiole 1-2 cm, thick, glabrous; leaf blade elliptic, 13-18 × 5.5-8.5 cm, leathery, abaxially pale green and reddish brown glandular punctate, adaxially dark green, both surfaces glabrous, midvein abaxially elevated and adaxially impressed, secondary veins ca. 20 on each side of midvein and evident or slightly raised on both surfaces, base broadly cuneate, margin entire, apex acute and with an obtuse tip. Flowers axillary, 2 or 3 in a cluster. Pedicel 1-1.8 cm; bracteoles caducous, ovate, ca. 2.5 mm. Sepals broadly ovate, 8-10 × 6-7 mm, concave, leathery, glabrous, margin ciliolate, apex rounded to obtuse and mucronate. Petals white, broadly ovate, 1-1.4 × ca. 0.8 cm, glabrous. Stamens 46-50, 7-10 mm; filaments 2-3 mm, glabrous; anthers linear-oblong, 5-7 mm, with filiform trichomes. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, (4 or)5(or 6)-loculed with many ovules per locule; style simple, ca. 5 mm, glabrous. Fruit not seen. Fl. Jun-Jul.
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Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Adinandra grandis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1017249-1
WFO ID wfo-0000520879
COL ID 64T42
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Synonyms

Adinandra grandis