Decaspermum teretis Craven

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Decaspermum

Characteristics

Trees, to 30 m tall. Branchlets terete, grayish brown tomentose. Petiole 6-10 mm, tomentose; leaf blade elliptic to obovate, 7-8 × 2.5-3.7 cm, leathery, abaxially yellowish green when dry, adaxially dark green and slightly shiny when dry, both surfaces at first pubescent but glabrescent, secondary veins 12-15 on each side of midvein, at an angle of ca. 75° from midvein, and obscure, intramarginal veins ca. 1 mm from margin, base cuneate, apex acute. Inflorescences in axil of terminal leaves, cymose, 2.5-4 cm, 3-8-flowered; bracts leaflike, oblong, 10-15 × 5-8 mm. Flowers ca. 1.5 cm in diam.; bracteoles lanceolate, ca. 3 mm, pubescent. Hypanthium obovoid, ca. 2.5 mm in diam., tomentose. Calyx lobes 5, suborbicular, ca. 2.5 mm, apex rounded. Petals 5, white, obovate, ca. 6 mm, glandular, apex rounded. Stamens red, longer than petals; filaments pubescent. Ovary 11-or 12-loculed. Style as long as stamens; stigma expanded. Fruit subglobose, ca. 1 cm in diam., 11-or 12-furrowed, pubescent, 11-or 12-loculed. Fl. Jul.
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Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Decaspermum teretis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60444608-2
WFO ID wfo-0000808425
COL ID 34DBW
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Synonyms

Decaspermum teretis