Helwingia Willd.

Genus

Angiosperms > Aquifoliales > Helwingiaceae

Characteristics

Shrubs evergreen or deciduous, 1–2 m tall, rarely small trees to 8 m tall. Leaves petiolate; petiole rounded; leaf blade linear-lanceolate to broadly ovate, papery, subleathery, or leathery, glabrous or pubescent; veins 5–9, inconspicuous or conspicuous. Flowers ca. 3–5 mm in diam. Petals green or reddish purple, triangular ovate, valvate. Fruit green when young, turning red and eventually black when mature, subglobose, ovoid, or oblong, green when young.
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Images

Helwingia unspecified picture

Distribution

Helwingia world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331651-2
WFO ID wfo-4000017325
COL ID 62VHK
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Helwingia

Lower taxons

Helwingia himalaica Helwingia japonica Helwingia chinensis Helwingia omeiensis