Elaeagnus mollis Diels

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Elaeagnaceae > Elaeagnus

Characteristics

Trees or shrubs, deciduous, erect, 2-10 m tall, to 8 cm d.b.h., with grayish brown bark. Spines absent; young branches grayish green, densely stellate-scaly. Petiole 6-10 mm; leaf blade abaxially grayish green, adaxially dark green, ovate or ovate-elliptic, 6-9(-15) × 3-6(-11) cm, papery, abaxially densely grayish stellate-tomentose, adaxially sparsely stellate-hairy, lateral veins 6-10 per side of midrib, base obtuse or rounded, apex acute. Flowers often 1-3(-5) in leaf axils. Pedicel 3-4 mm. Flowers nodding, grayish green, fragrant, grayish white stellate-tomentose. Calyx tube campanulate, ca. 4 mm, abruptly constricted above ovary; lobes subtriangular or sublanceolate, 3.5-4 mm, inside sparsely white stellate-hairy, apex acuminate. Anthers ellipsoid, ca. 2 mm. Style erect, curved in upper part, lower part densely villous. Drupe globose-ovoid, or subglobose, ca. 1.3 cm, conspicuouly 8-ribbed, winged, densely villous. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Aug-Sep. 2n = 28*.
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Growth form
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 1.5
Mature height (meter) 2.25 - 6.25
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Nitrogen fixer frankia
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Environment

Light 4-7
Soil humidity 2-7
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 140 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 18
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Distribution

Elaeagnus mollis world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Elaeagnus mollis threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323759-1
WFO ID wfo-0000663852
COL ID 38XD6
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Synonyms

Elaeagnus mollis