Mastixia caudatilimba C.Y.Wu ex Soong

Species

Angiosperms > Cornales > Nyssaceae > Mastixia

Characteristics

Trees, evergreen, to 23 m tall. Branches opposite, dark brown, terete, glabrous or subglabrous; young branches slender, ridged. Leaves opposite; leaf blade elliptic, broadly elliptic, or oblong, 8–13 × 2.5–6 cm, leathery, abaxially glabrous, veins 6 or 7, ascending shortly, ending at margin, base somewhat rounded or broadly cuneate, slightly decurrent and oblique, margin entire or slightly undulate, slightly revolute, apex caudate. Inflorescences panicles, terminal, 5–6 cm, loosely flowered, densely pubescent; bracteoles narrowly triangular. Flowers not observed (floral characters taken from fruit), 4-merous. Calyx lobes 4. Disk circular, slightly 4-lobed, with scars of 4 stamens. Style ca. 2 mm. Fruit dark brown after drying, oblong, ca. 2 cm, ca. 9 mm in diam., calyx and style persistent. Fl. buds Mar, fr. Oct–Dec.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 23.0
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It grows between 1300-1800 m altitude in Yunnan, China. It grows in subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest.
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The fruit are eaten raw or boiled.
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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Mastixia caudatilimba world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20010602-1
WFO ID wfo-0000237914
COL ID 72V87
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Synonyms

Mastixia caudatilimba