Meliosma arnottiana (Wight) Walp.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Sabiaceae > Meliosma

Characteristics

Trees to 20 m tall, evergreen. Branchlets brown. Leaf axes, abaxial surface of leaves, and inflorescences sparsely curved pubescent or lanuginous. Leaves odd pinnate; petiolule 15-30 mm; leaflets 7-15, ovate on lower axis, oblong-ovate or narrowly oblong-elliptic at middle, narrowly elliptic at apices, 6-14(-17) × 2.5-4(-5.5) cm, subleathery, abaxially pilose or lanuginose, lateral veins 5-10 pairs, ascending, anastomosing 2-6 mm from margin, crinite at vein axils, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin entire or spinously serrulate along upper margin, apex caudate-acuminate, tip usually curved. Panicle terminal or axillary by upper leaf of branches, 15-25 cm, axis triangular, branched 3 times, lateral branches flat. Pedicel 1-1.5 mm, pubescent. Sepals 5, ovate or suborbicular, ca. 1 mm, outer one narrower, ciliate. Petals light yellow: 3 outer ones flattened orbicular or orbicular, ca. 2 mm in diam.; 2 inner petals equal or slightly shorter than filaments, bifid to half at an obtuse angle, toothed at middle, lateral lobes ovate, ciliate. Stamens ca. 1 mm. Pistil ca. 1.3 mm; ovary pubescent; style equal to ovary. Drupe obovoid, 4-7 mm; endocarp convex, with coarse, scattered netlike strips, midrib obscurely prominent. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Aug-Oct.
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A tree. It grows 20 m tall. The young branches are brown. Parts of the plant can be hairy. The leaves have an odd number of leaflets. There are 7-15 leaflets. They are 6-14 cm long by 2.5-4 cm wide.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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It is a subtropical plant. In Yunnan. It grows between 500-2,000 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

The leaves and tender shoots are used in salads and as a tea substitute.
Uses material tea
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Distribution

Meliosma arnottiana world distribution map, present in China, Indonesia, Iceland, Japan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:776171-1
WFO ID wfo-0001133321
COL ID 3ZHZ5
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Synonyms

Millingtonia sambucina Meliosma glauca Meliosma luzonensis Meliosma chapaensis Meliosma cannarioides Meliosma annamensis Meliosma quangnamensis Meliosma arnottiana Meliosma wallichii Millingtonia arnottiana Wellingtonia arnottiana Meliosma floribunda Meliosma sambucina Meliosma clemensiorum Meliosma pinnata var. arnottiana Meliosma pinnata subsp. arnottiana Meliosma multiflora