Cornus ulotricha C.K.Schneid. & Wangerin

Species

Angiosperms > Cornales > Cornaceae > Cornus

Characteristics

Trees, rarely shrubs, (1.5–)7–15(–20) m tall. Bark gray, smooth on younger stems, rough on older stems, rectangularly splitting. Young branches reddish brown, sparsely pubescent with short trichomes; old branches yellowish brown, glabrous. Leaves opposite; petiole 1.5–2.8 cm; leaf blade broadly ovate to broadly elliptic, 9–15 × 3–8.5 cm, papery, abaxially grayish, not papillate or only inconspicuously papillate, pubescent with both whitish appressed and brown raised (V-shaped) or curly trichomes, trichomes often deciduous, curly trichomes on veins dense, veins 6 or 7, sometimes slightly oblique, base rounded, apex shortly acuminate. Corymbose cymes 8–12 cm wide, pubescent with a mixture of grayish short appressed trichomes and slightly curly trichomes; lateral branches arched inward; smaller branches nearly all secund, toward center of inflorescence. Pedicels 0.2–2 mm, thick. Flowers white, 6–8 mm in diam. Calyx lobes broadly triangular, 0.3–0.4 mm, shorter than or equal to disk. Petals ligulate-oblong, ca. 4 × 1.1–1.8 mm. Stamens shorter than or equal to petals; anthers yellow, oblong-ovoid. Style cylindrical, ca. 3 mm; stigma subglobose to disciform, broader than style. Fruit bluish black, subglobose, 4.3–4.5 mm in diam.; stones subglobose, 3–4 mm in diam. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Jul–Aug.
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A tree. It grows 7-15 m tall. The leaves are opposite and oval. They are 7-15 cm long by 3-9 cm wide. They have white hairs underneath. The flowers are in groups 8-12 cm across. The flowers are white. The fruit are bluish-black and 4-5 mm across. The stone is 3-4 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 7.0 - 15.0
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Root diameter (meter) 0.6
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a warm temperate plant. It grows in Sichuan and Yunnan in China.
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Usage

Oil is extracted from the seeds.
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Edible seeds
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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 ulotricha world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Cornus ulotricha threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:271697-1
WFO ID wfo-0000924873
COL ID 6B4LF
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Swida ulotricha Cornus ulotricha Cornus ulotricha var. leptophylla Swida ulotricha var. leptophylla