Elaeocarpus prunifolioides Hu

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Elaeocarpaceae > Elaeocarpus

Characteristics

Trees to 15 m tall. Terminal buds gummy resinous; branchlets and terminal buds black-brown when dry, glabrous. Petiole usually black when dry, 1-5 cm, glabrous, adaxially grooved, swollen at end; leaf blade abaxially greenish, adaxially dark green, black-brown, or gray-green, shiny, oblong, ovate-oblong, or elliptic, 8-15 × 3-6.5 cm, thinly leathery or papery, glabrous, lateral veins 8-10 per side, prominently raised abaxially, conspicuous adaxially, veinlets conspicuous on both surfaces, sometimes glandular in vein axils, base broadly cuneate or nearly rounded, ± unequal on each side, margin nearly entire or minutely serrulate, apex acuminate or acute, acumen obtuse. Racemes in axils of current and fallen leaves, 4-6 cm, 8-15-flowered; peduncles glabrous. Pedicel 7-10 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Flower buds narrowly ovoid, ca. 7 mm, apex acute. Sepals 5, lanceolate, ca. 7 mm, abaxially pubescent, pubescent on keel only, margin pubescent. Petals 5, oblong, ca. 7 × 2-2.5 mm, upper 1/5 laciniate; segments 8-10, abaxially gray-white pubescent, more so adaxially, margin ciliate. Stamens 20-30, 4-5 mm; filaments very short; anthers with awn ca. 1 mm. Disk 10-lobed, apparently separated, globose, pilose. Ovary 3-loculed, tomentose; ovules 6 per locule; style ca. 4.5 mm, pubescent in lower 1/2. Drupe shiny, ellipsoid, 1.5-1.9 × 0.7-1.1 cm, both ends rounded; endocarp bony, nearly smooth. Seed 1, ca. 1 cm. Fl. Jan-Feb, fr. Feb-May.
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A tree. It grows 15 m tall. The leaves are lighter green underneath. They are oblong and 8-15 cm long by 3-7 cm wide. There are 8-15 flowers in a group in the axils of leaves or where leaves have fallen. The fruit is oval and shiny. It is 2 cm long by 1 cm wide and it is rounded at both ends. There is one seed about 1 cm long.
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Mature height (meter) 15.0
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It is grown in Yunnan in China between 1300-1600 m above sea level. It grows in broadleaved, subtropical evergreen forest.
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The fruit are eaten raw.
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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Elaeocarpus prunifolioides world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Elaeocarpus prunifolioides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:324339-1
WFO ID wfo-0000664656
COL ID 6DZK5
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Synonyms

Elaeocarpus prunifolioides Elaeocarpus prunifolioides var. rectinervis Elaeocarpus prunifolioides var. prunifolioides