Eriolaena candollei Wall.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Eriolaena

Characteristics

Trees, 6-12 m tall; bark gray. Branchlets stellate puberulent. Petiole 1.5-3 cm; leaf blade orbicular or ovate-orbicular, usually slightly 3-5-lobed, 6-10 × 5.5-11 cm, thickly papery, abaxially densely gray-white stellate tomentose, adaxially sparsely stellate hairy, basal veins 5-7, base cordate or shallowly cordate, margin obtusely dentate, apex shortly pointed or shortly acuminate. Inflorescence cymose, terminal or axillary, up to 7 cm, many-flowered. Epicalyx lobes pinnately partite, linear, 1-1.5 cm. Sepals 5, linear-lanceolate, slightly longer than epicalyx lobes, densely yellowish brown tomentulose. Petals 5, yellow, oblong, apex emarginate, base narrowed into thick claw, base of claw villous. Ovary ovoid-globose; style glabrous; stigmas 8-10, twisted. Capsule ovoid-globose, ca. 5 × 2.5 cm, apex pointed and beaked, valves 5 or 6(-10), apex shortly pointed, abaxial surface keeled or not, adaxial margin sericeous. Seeds many, winged. Fl. Mar-Apr.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 12.0
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Environment

Open forests on slopes; at elevations from 800-1,400 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Uses fodder material wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Eriolaena candollei world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Eriolaena candollei threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:823302-1
WFO ID wfo-0000675732
COL ID 6GRD2
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Synonyms

Eriolaena candollei