Elaeocarpus duclouxii Gagnep.

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Elaeocarpaceae > Elaeocarpus

Characteristics

Trees evergreen, to 20 m tall, to 50 cm d.b.h. Branchlets yellow-brown tomentose, hairs becoming brown or not; branches dark brown when dry, with sparse lenticels. Leaves crowded at twig apices; petiole 1-1.5 cm, yellow-brown tomentose; leaf blade adaxially shiny, narrowly lanceolate or oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, 6-15 × (2-)3-6 cm, papery or leathery, abaxially yellow-brown tomentose, adaxially puberulent on veins only, glabrescent, lateral veins 8-10 per side, prominently raised abaxially, conspicuous adaxially, veinlets slightly prominent abaxially, inconspicuous adaxially, base cuneate, decurrent, margin minutely crenate to serrate, apex acute. Racemes in axils of fallen and current leaves, 4-7 cm, slender; peduncles yellow-brown tomentose. Pedicel 3-6 mm, yellow-brown tomentose; bracteole 1, filiform-lanceolate, 3-4 × ca. 1 mm, pubescent, at base of pedicels. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 5, lanceolate, 4-5 mm, both surfaces puberulent. Petals 5, slightly longer than sepals, 5-6 mm, abaxially glabrous or sparsely pilose, adaxially pubescent at base, laciniate in upper 1/2; segments 10-12. Stamens 26-30, ca. 3 mm; filaments very short; anthers not awned, not pubescent at apices. Disk 5-lobed, pubescent. Ovary 3-loculed, tomentose; ovules 2 per locule; style ca. 4 mm, pubescent at base,. Drupe ellipsoid, 2.5-3 × 1.7-2 cm; exocarp black when dry, glabrous; endocarp bony, ca. 3 mm thick, lacunose, 1-loculed. Seed 1.4-1.8 cm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Oct.
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An evergreen tree. It grows 20 m tall. The trunk is 50 cm across. The leaves are crowded at the ends of the twigs. The leaves are dull yellow brown underneath. The leaves are 6-15 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. The flowers contain both sexes. The fruit is oval and 3 cm long by 2 cm wide. The seed is 1.5 cm long.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.5
Mature height (meter) 20.0
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It is a subtropical plant. It grows in forests between 700-1,000 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
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Distribution

Elaeocarpus duclouxii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:324092-1
WFO ID wfo-0000664224
COL ID 38XNV
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Synonyms

Elaeocarpus duclouxii Elaeocarpus fengjieensis Elaeocarpus duclouxii var. duclouxii

Lower taxons

Elaeocarpus duclouxii var. funingensis