Elaeocarpus laoticus Gagnep.

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Elaeocarpaceae > Elaeocarpus

Characteristics

Trees 25-30 m tall. Branchlets silvery-gray puberulent, glabrescent. Petiole 0.8-2 cm, minutely puberulent, glabrescent; leaf blade oblanceolate, 6.5-11 × 2.5-3.5 cm, thinly leathery, abaxially pubescent on midvein only, adaxially glabrous, lateral veins ca. 10 per side, prominent abaxially, conspicuous adaxially, not glandular, base broadly cuneate or slightly obtuse, margin minutely serrate, apex slightly acute, acumen obtuse. Raceme 4-7 cm, 7-10-flowered; peduncle brown puberulent. Pedicel 4-7 mm, pubescent. Sepals 5, narrowly lanceolate, 8-10 × ca. 2 mm, abaxially gray-white puberulent, adaxially glabrous, margin tomentose. Petals 5, ca. 1 cm, abaxially appressed pubescent, adaxially velutinous, especially along keel, laciniate in upper 1/2; segments 17-20, adaxially white villous. Stamens 24-28, ca. 5 mm; filaments ca. 1 mm; anthers ca. 3 mm, with awn ca. 1 mm. Disk 10-lobed, apparently separated, glands globose, pilose. Ovary 3-loculed, pubescent; style 5-6 mm, pubescent in lower 1/2. Drupe shiny, ellipsoid, 1.2-1.4 × ca. 0.6 cm. Fl. May, fr. Dec.
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An evergreen tree. It grows 20-25 m tall. The trunk is 50-70 cm across. The trunk is straight and without branches up to 15 m height. The ovary is densely hairy. The fruit is fleshy. It is 1.4 cm long by 0.6 cm wide.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 0.7
Mature height (meter) 22.5 - 27.5
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A tropical plant. It grows in dense tropical forests. It is on hill slopes up to 800 m altitude. It grows on well drained soil. It grows in evergreen forests between 1300-1500 m in Southern China. In Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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The fruit are eaten.
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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Elaeocarpus laoticus world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:324197-1
WFO ID wfo-0000664428
COL ID 6DZHQ
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Synonyms

Elaeocarpus laoticus