Cleyera obscurinervia (Merr. & Chun) H.T.Chang

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Pentaphylacaceae > Cleyera

Characteristics

Trees 6-15 m tall. Current year branchlets reddish brown, glabrous, bark grayish brown, smooth; terminal buds long conic, 1-2 cm. Petiole 1-1.5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade oblong-elliptic, 7-9 × 2-3.5 cm, thickly leathery, abaxially pale green and reddish brown glandular punctate, adaxially dark green and shiny, both surfaces glabrous, midvein abaxially elevated and adaxially level, secondary veins 12-15 on each side of midvein and obscure on both surfaces, base cuneate, margin sparsely obtusely serrate to serrulate, apex abruptly acute and with an obtuse tip. Flowers axillary, solitary or paired. Pedicel 1-1.5 cm, glabrous; bracteoles caducous, small. Sepals suborbicular, ca. 4 mm, outside glabrous, margin ciliolate. Petals white, oblong-obovate to obovate, ca. 6 mm. Stamens numerous, shorter than petals. Ovary glabrous, 2-or 3-loculed with more than 10 ovules per locule; style ca. 4 mm, apically 3-lobed. Fruit long ovoid, 10-12 × ca. 7 mm, 2-loculed with more than 10 seeds per locule, apex acuminate. Seeds brown, compressed globose, shiny, ca. 2 mm in diam. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Sep-Oct.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 15.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Cleyera obscurinervia world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:830029-1
WFO ID wfo-0000611798
COL ID W4TP
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Synonyms

Adinandra obscurinervia Cleyera obscurinervia Cleyera conocarpa Cleyera japonica var. lipingensis Cleyera lipingensis var. lipingensis