Anneslea fragrans Wall.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Pentaphylacaceae > Anneslea

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees, 3-15 m tall. Bark dark brown. Young branches grayish brown; current year branchlets reddish brown, glabrous; terminal buds ovate, glabrous. Petiole 2-3.5 cm; leaf blade ovate, elliptic, obovate-elliptic, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, (4-)6-16 × (2.5-)3-7.3 cm, leathery to thinly leathery, abaxially pale green or glaucescent green and reddish brown glandular punctate, adaxially dark green and shiny, midvein abaxially elevated and adaxially impressed or rarely raised, secondary veins 10-12 on each side of midvein and slightly raised to obscure on both surfaces, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, margin entire or apically sparsely serrate, apex obtuse, rounded, or rarely obtusely acute. Flowers axillary, several to more than 10 in a corymb. Pedicel (2-)3-6(-7) cm; bracteoles 2, broadly ovate to triangular-ovate, ca. 4 × 3-3.5 mm, margin sparsely glandular. Sepals reddish, broadly ovate, 1-1.5 cm, basally slightly connate, margin glandular. Petals pale yellow, broadly ovate, ca. 1.5 cm, basally connate for ca. 5 mm, apex acute. Stamens 30-40, 1.2-1.5 cm; filaments basally connate for ca. 5 mm; anthers linear, glabrous, connective exserted. Ovary half inferior, glabrous, 2-or 3(-5)-loculed; style 1.5-2 cm, apically 2-or 3(-5)-lobed. Fruit globose to ellipsoid, (1-)2-3.5 cm in diam., 2-or 3(-5)-loculed with 2 or 3 seeds per locule, dehiscent between between persistent enlarged sepals. Seeds long obovate, 7-12 × 4.5-7 mm, with a fleshy red outer layer. Fl. Oct-Mar, fr. Jul-Sep.
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A tree. It grows 10 m tall. The leaves are 12 cm long by 6 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 15.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Forests or thickets on mountain slopes or in valleys at elevations of 300-2,700 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses construction material medicinal wood
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Anneslea fragrans world distribution map, present in China, India, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Anneslea fragrans threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:828450-1
WFO ID wfo-0000537574
COL ID 674P3
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Synonyms

Daydonia fragrans Anneslea fragrans Anneslea lanceolata Anneslea rubriflora Mountnorrisia fragrans Anneslea alpina Anneslea hainanensis Callosmia fragrans Anneslea fragrans var. rubriflora Anneslea fragrans var. fragrans

Lower taxons

Anneslea fragrans var. ternstroemerioides Anneslea fragrans var. alpina Anneslea fragrans var. crassipes Anneslea fragrans var. hainanensis Anneslea fragrans var. lanceolata Anneslea fragrans var. ternstroemioides