Alnus mandshurica (Callier) Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Betulaceae > Alnus

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees to 10 m tall; bark dark gray, smooth. Branchlets gray-brown, glabrous. Buds sessile, with 3-6 scales. Petiole robust, 0.5-2 cm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, sometimes resinous glandular; leaf blade broadly ovate, ovate, elliptic, or broadly elliptic, 4-10 × 2.5-8 cm, both surfaces glabrous except bearded in axils of lateral veins abaxially, base rounded or subcordate, rarely broadly cuneate or unequal, margin densely minutely doubly or simply serrate, apex acute; lateral veins 7-13 on each side of midvein. Female inflorescences 3-6 in a raceme, oblong or globose, 1-2 cm; peduncles pendulous, 0.5-2(-3) cm, slender, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; bracts 3-4 mm, woody, base cuneate, apex rounded, 5-lobed. Nutlet ca. 2 mm, with membranous wings ca. as wide as nutlet. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Images

Alnus mandshurica unspecified picture

Distribution

Alnus mandshurica world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Alnus mandshurica threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107681-1
WFO ID wfo-0000946691
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Synonyms

Alnus fruticosa f. grandifolia Duschekia manschurica Duschekia mandshurica Alnaster manshuricus Alnus fruticosa var. rufinervis Alnus mandshurica var. pubescens Alnus fruticosa var. mandshurica Alnus fruticosa var. mandschurica Alnus fruticosa var. pubescens Alnus fruticosa f. barbinervis Alnus mandschurica f. barbinervis Alnus mandshurica Alnus mandschurica f. pubescens Alnus alnobetula subsp. mandschurica