Elaeocarpus braceanus Watt ex C.B.Clarke

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Elaeocarpaceae > Elaeocarpus

Characteristics

Trees 5-15 m tall. Bark brown; branchlets rust-brown puberulent, glabrescent on older branches, with gray-white lenticels and persistent bracts. Petiole 1-3 cm, rust-brown puberulent; leaf blade adaxially dark greenish, not shiny, oblong or elliptic, 10-18 × 4-7.5 cm, thinly leathery, abaxially rust-brown puberulent, adaxially with rudimentary hairs on midvein, lateral veins 10-12 per side, prominently raised abaxially, conspicuous adaxially, veinlets prominently raised abaxially, conspicuous adaxially, base obtuse or nearly rounded, margin irregularly minutely crenate, apex acuminate or acute. Racemes in axils of fallen leaves, 10-15 cm; peduncles rust-brown pubescent. Pedicel 3-5 cm, rust-brown pubescent; bract 1, at base of pedicel; bracteoles 2 or 3, in upper 1/2 of pedicels, nearly reniform, abaxially tomentose, apex incised. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 5, oblong-lanceolate, ca. 6.5 × 2.5-3 mm, both surfaces brown pubescent. Petals 5, obtriangular-ovate, 4-6 mm, laciniate to middle, both surfaces puberulent; segments 30-40. Stamens 40-50; filaments ca. 1 mm; anthers 3.5-4 mm, not awned at apices, puberulent. Disk 5-lobed, tomentose. Ovary 3-loculed; style 3-4 mm, pubescent in lower half. Drupe ellipsoid, ca. 4 × 2.5 cm, rudimentary tomentose; exocarp inconspicuous; endocarp bony, 5-6 mm thick, lacunose, 1-loculed. Seed 1, ca. 2 cm. Fl. Oct-Nov, fr. Nov-?Jan.
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A tree. It grows 5-15 m high. The bark is brown. The small branches have rusty brown hairs. The leaf stalk is 1-3 cm long. The leaves are dark green above and have rusty brown hairs underneath. The leaves are 10-18 cm long by 4-7 cm wide. They are thin and leathery. The flowers are groups in the axils of fallen leaves. These are 10-15 cm long. The flowers contain both sexes. The fruit are oval and fleshy. They are 4 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. They are yellow. There is one seed about 2 cm long.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 15.0
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. In Yunnan in China it grows between 1000-3000 m above sea level. It grows in subtropical broad-leaved evergreen forest.
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Forests at elevations from 800-3,000 metres in China.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw or salted.
Uses food wood
Edible fruits seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
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Distribution

Elaeocarpus braceanus world distribution map, present in China, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:833787-1
WFO ID wfo-0000664088
COL ID 6DZGV
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Synonyms

Elaeocarpus shunningensis Elaeocarpus braceanus