Cornus hongkongensis subsp. tonkinensis (Fang) Q.Y.Xiang

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Trees or shrubs, evergreen, 4–15 m tall. Bark dark gray; old branches gray, often with lenticels. Leaf blade oblong-ovate or narrowly elliptic, 4.5–11(–13) × 1.7–5.3(–6) cm, leathery, nearly glabrous, veins 3(or 4). Inflorescences ca. 8 mm in diam., 40–50-flowered; bracts white, broadly elliptic to broadly ovate, 1.6–1.8 × 1.3–1.5 cm, both surfaces slightly pubescent. Calyx nearly glabrous. Petals ca. 2.2 × 0.8–1 mm, glabrous; filaments glabrous; anthers broadly ellipsoid, ca. 0.7 mm. Style ca. 0.5 mm, thick, glabrous. Compound fruit red at maturity, 1.5–2 cm in diam., peduncle (2–)4–7.5 cm. Fl. Jun(–Oct), fr. Dec(–May).
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 15.0
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 90 - 730
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
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Distribution

Cornus hongkongensis subsp. tonkinensis world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:953433-1
WFO ID wfo-0000924719
COL ID 7JMBN
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Synonyms

Cornus tonkinensis Dendrobenthamia brevipedunculata Dendrobenthamia tonkinensis Dendrobenthamia qianxinanica Cornus capitata subsp. brevipedunculata Cornus hongkongensis subsp. tonkinensis Dendrobenthamia tonkinensis var. brevipedunculata