Alangium alpinum (C.B.Clarke) W.W.Sm. & Cave

Species

Angiosperms > Cornales > Cornaceae > Alangium

Characteristics

Trees deciduous, to 12 m tall. Branchlets ascending; internodes obscurely angular. Petiole 3.5-5 cm; leaf blade suborbicular, ovate, or oblong-ovate, 6-16(-20) × 5-13 cm, papery, abaxially sparsely hairy, adaxially glabrous, base rounded, subtruncate, or cordate, margin wavy, apex acuminate. Inflorescences axillary, 3-flowered, 4-10 cm. Pedicels ca. 1 cm, to 3 cm in fruit. Calyx lobes 6-8. Petals 6-8, linear, 1.8-2.3 cm. Stamens 6-8; filaments 5-6 mm, glabrous. Drupe ellipsoid, ca. 20 × 8-9 mm. Seed 1. Fl. Jan-Aug, fr. Oct-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 12.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Alangium alpinum world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:271384-1
WFO ID wfo-0000936563
COL ID 668B2
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Synonyms

Alangium alpinum Marlea sikkimensis Marlea begoniifolia var. alpina Marlea alpina