Meliosma thorelii Lecomte

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Sabiaceae > Meliosma

Characteristics

Trees to 14 m tall, evergreen. Leaves simple; petiole 1.5-2 cm; leaf blade oblanceolate-elliptic or oblanceolate, 15-25 × 4-8 cm, leathery, abaxially glabrous or sparsely pubescent, vein axils crinite, lateral veins 15-22 pairs, nearly straight, arched-anastomosing near margin, attenuate 3/4 to base, margin entire or acutely serrulate, apex acuminate. Panicle terminal or axillary on apical branches, erect, 15-18 cm; branches flattened, brownish pubescent. Pedicel short. Flowers aromatic, 2-25 mm in diam. Sepals 5, ovate, 0.6-0.8 mm, apex obtuse, ciliate. Petals white or yellowish white: 3 outer ones suborbicular, ca. 2 mm; 2 inner ones narrowly lanceolate, shorter than outer ones, margin entire. Fertile stamens ca. 1.3 mm. Pistil ca. 1.6 mm; ovary pubescent; style ca. 1 mm. Drupe globose, slightly oblique, 6-9 mm in diam.; endocarp subglobose, convex, with sparse, scattered netlike strips, midrib inconspicuously projecting. Fl. summer, fr. Oct-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination autogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 14.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Forests and wooded ravines at elevations of 200-1,000 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Meliosma thorelii world distribution map, present in China, India, and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:776347-1
WFO ID wfo-0001133420
COL ID 6QYCK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Meliosma buchananifolia Meliosma thorelii Meliosma affinis Meliosma mannii Meliosma henryi subsp. thorelii Meliosma henryi subsp. mannii