Ormosia semicastrata Hance

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Ormosia

Characteristics

Trees evergreen, up to 14 m. Bark of stems brown; lenti­cels convex with irregular cracks. Branchlets yellowish pilose. Leaves imparipinnate, 18.5-24.5 cm; petiole, rachis, and petio­lule appressed grayish brown pilose; rachis prolonged 1-2.4 cm below terminal leaflet; leaflets 3-9(-13), green or sometimes glaucous abaxially, ovate-oblong, elliptic, or lanceolate, 4-14.2 × 1-5.7 cm, leathery, glabrous on both surfaces, sometimes ap­pressed pilose along midvein abaxially, base rounded or broadly to narrowly cuneate, apex acuminate or acute, obtuse or retuse; lateral veins 10 or 11 pairs, angled 60° with midvein, arcuate, inconspicuous. Panicles terminal, sometimes axillary, subequal to leaves; peduncle and pedicel densely appressed fulvous pi­lose. Flowers ca. 7 mm. Calyx broadly campanulate, 4-5 mm; teeth triangular, subequal, abaxially densely appressed fulvous tomentose, adaxially sparsely rusty brown pilose. Corolla white, ca. 2 × as long as calyx; standard suborbicular, ca. 4 × 4 mm, claw ca. 4 mm; wings linear-oblanceolate, ca. 4.5 × 2 mm, claw ca. 4.5 mm; keel oblong, ca. 4 × 2 mm, claw ca. 2 mm. Stamens unequal, 5 developed, 5 shorter, reduced and without functional anthers. Ovary ovate, ovary sutures and lower style densely ap­pressed fulvous pubescent; ovules 2. Legumes small, dark brown when dried, suborbicular, compressed, slightly swollen, leathery, 1.5-2 cm, apex shortly beaked, stipe 2-3 mm. Seed 1, red to red-brown, compressed laterally, ca. 9 × 9 × 6 mm; hilum ca. 2 mm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Aug-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 14.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

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Distribution

Ormosia semicastrata world distribution map, present in China and Hong Kong

Conservation status

Ormosia semicastrata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510788-1
WFO ID wfo-0000185590
COL ID 6T75W
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Synonyms

Ormosia semicastrata Ormosia cathayensis Ormosia cathayensis Ormosia semicastrata f. litchiifolia Ormosia semicastrata f. pallida