Gonocaryum crassifolium Ridl.

Species

Angiosperms > Aquifoliales > Cardiopteridaceae > Gonocaryum

Characteristics

Shrub with flexuous branches, glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves reminding of those of G. litorole, ovate to oblong, apex ± abruptly acuminate for c. 2 cm, tip bluntish, base broadly cuneate to rounded, coriaceous, 15-17 by 5-9.5 cm, midrib strongly deepened above, sharply prominent beneath, nerves (5-)6-7 pairs, slightly impressed above, raised beneath, proper reticulation obscure, both faces of the lamina finely tubercled; petiole c. 1.5 cm by 2-3 mm. ♂ Spikes solitary or several from tubercles in defoliated axils of branchlets, lax-flowered, slender, 2.5-5 cm, all over shortly appressedly hairy, not yet known in fully developed state. Calyx lobes ovate, obtuse, c. 1.5 mm. Petals ovate-oblong, subacuminate, thickish, free to almost the base, glabrous and smooth inside, c. 2 mm. Rudiment of ovary hairy. ♀ Inflorescences not yet known. Drupe not yet known.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Gonocaryum crassifolium world distribution map, present in Iceland and Malaysia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:434332-1
WFO ID wfo-0000706700
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Synonyms

Gonocaryum crassifolium