Elaeagnus formosensis Hatus.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Elaeagnaceae > Elaeagnus

Characteristics

Shrubs, scandent. Young branches and buds silvery brown scaly. Petiole 8-12 mm; leaf blade adaxially green, abaxially only slightly paler than adaxial surface, broadly elliptic to orbicular, 4-8 × 2.5-6 cm, leathery, abaxially glabrescent, midrib flat, lateral veins 6 or 7 per side of midrib, apex obtuse to rounded. Flowers solitary, rarely paired, sometimes somewhat crowded on short, lateral, flowering shoots. Pedicel ca. as long as calyx. Flowers yellow. Calyx tube 7-8 mm; lobes triangular-ovate, 4-6 mm. Filaments 1.8-2 mm; anthers narrowly elliptic, 2.2-2.5 mm. Stigma 2-3 mm, glandular-papillate. Drupe pale red, broadly ellipsoid to ellipsoid, 1.8-2 cm. Seed 1.6-1.8 cm.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Nitrogen fixer frankia
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Germination duration (days) 140 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 18
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Distribution

Elaeagnus formosensis world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323700-1
WFO ID wfo-0000663755
COL ID 38XBB
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Synonyms

Elaeagnus formosensis Elaeagnus ohashii