WorldFloraDB - Microtropis discolor

Characteristics

Evergreen small trees or shrubs, 2.5-7 m tall. Petiole 5-10 mm; leaf blade rectangular or oblong, sometimes broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate-elliptic, 7.5-19 × 2.5-8 cm, thickly papery or leathery, abaxially gray-brown, adaxially generally pale green when dry, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, apex caudate, tail up to 1.5 cm; midvein prominent on both surfaces, abaxially more conspicuous, secondary veins 5-8 pairs, slender, curved, prominent on both surfaces. Cymes glomerate, axillary or on branch axis, mainly 7-15-flowered; peduncle short, 2.5-6 mm, secondary peduncle 1.5-2.5 mm, third peduncle ca. 1 mm. Flowers 5-merous, subsessile; sepals slightly semiorbicular, imbricate, margin erosely toothed, teeth dark brown; petals slightly fleshy, rectangular, 2.5-3.5 × 1.5-2.5 mm, adaxially longitudinally angulate in center. Disk annular. Filament 1.5-2.5 mm; anther rectangular. Ovary elliptic-ovate; style absent; stigma 4-lobed. Capsule broadly elliptic, 10-14 × 8-10 mm, surface with thin, longitudinal costa formed by small wartlike elevations. Fl. and fr. Sep-Mar.

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Shrub or small tree. Branchlets terete. Incipient bracts 3-8 mm long. Leaves chartaceous, elliptic-oblong, sometimes lanceolate, 7½-14.5 by 2-5½ cm; base attenuate; apex acuminate; nerves 5-7 pairs; petiole 5-10 mm. Cymes simple or thrice dichotomously branched, c. 1 cm long; peduncle 3-8 mm. Bracteoles deltoid, c. 0.5 mm long and wide. Calyx lobes suborbicular to slightly reniform, 1-1.75 by 1⅓ mm, erose on the margin. Petals ± oblong, distinctly keeled inside, the inner one or two usually slipper-shaped, 2-3½ by 1-1.5 mm. Stamens 1.5 mm; filaments subulate, slightly dilated and united at the base; anthers dorso-basifixed, slightly oblong or ellipsoid, c. 3/4 mm long, extrorse, distinctly apiculate. Pistil 1-1⅓ mm long, slightly wrinkled, slightly swollen at the base and gradually narrowed into a cylindric style; stigma obscurely 2-lobed, or obtuse. Fruits ellipsoid, 11-15 by 7-10 mm, subfurfuraceous.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

2.5 - 7.0

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

0.5

Flower color

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Blooming months

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Fruit color

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Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

Rain-forests, 300-1260 m.

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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162167-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001278543
COL ID	73JSN
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Microtropis sessiliflora Cassine discolor Microtropis garcinifolia Microtropis discolor Euonymus garcinifolius

WorldFloraDB 2024

Microtropis discolor (Wall.) Arn.

Species