Meliosma fordii Hemsl.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Sabiaceae > Meliosma

Characteristics

Trees to 10 m tall, evergreen. Bark gray; branchlets, petioles, abaxial surface of leaf blade, and inflorescences brownish pubescent. Leaves simple; petiole 1.5-3.5 cm, sparsely pubescent; leaf blade adaxially nitid, oblanceolate to lanceolate, or narrowly obovate to narrowly elliptic, 9-18(-25) × 2.5-5(-8) cm, subleathery, adaxially pubescent on midvein and lateral veins, lateral veins 11-20 pairs, base narrowly cuneate, elongated, margin entire or somewhat serrate near apex, apex acuminate, rarely obtuse. Panicle terminal or subterminal, 10-40 cm, broad, branched 3 or 4(or 5) times. Pedicel 1-1.5 mm or flowers subsessile. Flowers 1-1.5 mm in diam. Sepals 4(or 5), broadly ovate, ca. 0.5 mm, abaxially sparsely pubescent, ciliate. Petals: 3 outer ones suborbicular, ca. 1.5 mm in diam.; 2 inner ones ca. 0.5 mm, bifid to half at an obtuse angle; lobes linear. Stamens ca. 0.7 mm. Pistil ca. 0.8 mm; ovary glabrous; style equal to ovary. Drupe subglobose or compressed-globose, 3-5 mm in diam.; endocarp convex, with distinct, scattered netlike strips, midrib prominent. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Aug-Oct.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination autogamy
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Environment

Evergreen tropical and subtropical forests, forested ravines; at elevations up to 1,000 metres.
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Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Meliosma fordii world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Meliosma fordii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:776222-1
WFO ID wfo-0001133371
COL ID 3ZJ39
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Synonyms

Meliosma cambodiana Meliosma fordii Meliosma obtusa Meliosma hainanensis Meliosma pseudopaupera Meliosma xichouensis Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. fordii Meliosma pseudopaupera var. pubisepala Meliosma fordii var. fordii

Lower taxons

Meliosma fordii var. sinii