Cornus oligophlebia Merr.

Species

Angiosperms > Cornales > Cornaceae > Cornus

Characteristics

Trees 6–10 m tall. Young branches green, ± pubescent with brown trichomes; old branches dark brown. Leaves opposite, rarely alternate; petiole 1.1–15 cm; leaf blade light green abaxially, broadly elliptic to ovate, 8–11 × 4–4.5 cm, leathery, abaxially not papillate, sparsely pubescent with white short trichomes or nearly glabrous, veins 3(or 4), small veins conspicuous, base broadly cuneate or rounded, sometimes oblique, margin slightly revolute, apex acuminate. Paniculate cymes 8.5–11 cm wide, branches spreading, glabrous or with gray appressed trichomes. Pedicels 1–2 mm. Flowers white, ca. 9 mm in diam. Calyx lobes broadly triangular, slightly longer than disk. Petals lanceolate or ligulate-oblong, ca. 4 × 1.1–1.3 mm. Stamens shorter or longer than petals; anthers narrowly obovoid. Style cylindrical, ca. 3 mm; stigma flat, punctiform. Fruit purplish black or bluish black, subglobose, 3–4 mm in diam.; stones compressed globose, (2.6–)3–4 mm in diam. Fl. Jul–Sep, fr. Jan–Mar.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 10.0
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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 oligophlebia world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:271630-1
WFO ID wfo-0000924791
COL ID YGLK
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Swida oligophlebia Cornus oligophlebia Cornus oligophlebia var. impressinervis