Microtropis reticulata Dunn

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Microtropis

Characteristics

Small shrubs, 1-2 m tall. Petiole 3-6 mm; leaf blade thickly papery, rectangular-elliptic, narrowly elliptic, or narrowly ovate-elliptic, 5-10 × 2-4 cm, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, margin slightly revolute, apex acute or acuminate; secondary veins 5-7 pairs, slender, oblique, straight, apically slightly ascending, obviously prominent abaxially. Cymes glomerate, axillary or terminal; peduncle short, thick, ca. 2 mm; pedicels very short to absent. Flowers 5-merous; sepals approximately semiorbicular; petals rectangular, ca. 2.5 mm. Disk annular. Stamens short; filament slightly conical. Ovary approximately ovate; style stout; stigma obtuse. Capsule elliptic, ca. 2 cm.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Microtropis reticulata world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162211-1
WFO ID wfo-0001275849
COL ID 43975
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Synonyms

Otherodendron reticulatum Microtropis reticulata