Pavetta hongkongensis Bremek.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Pavetta

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 1-4 m tall; branches compressed, glabrous, green or almost green, often drying blackened. Petiole 1-2 cm, glabrous; leaf blade drying membranous, elliptic-oblong to elliptic-oblanceolate, 8-15 × 3-6.5 cm, often with bacterial nodules, adaxially glabrous, abaxially glabrous, glabrescent, or pubescent along midrib, base cuneate to acute, apex acuminate to acute; secondary veins 6 or 7 pairs; stipules broadly ovate-triangular, 1-3 mm, glabrous, acute to shortly aristate. Inflorescences terminal on lateral branches, laxly corymbose, 7-9 × 7-15 cm, many flowered, glabrous; peduncle 1-2 cm; pedicels 3-6 mm. Flowers pedicellate. Calyx with hypanthium portion ellipsoid, ca. 1 mm, glabrous; limb 0.5-1.5 mm, glabrous, shallowly lobed. Corolla white, outside glabrous; tube 12-19 mm, inside pilose at throat; lobes narrowly triangular-oblong, 5-7 mm, acute to obtuse. Style ca. 35 mm. Drupes globose, 6-7 mm, pilosulous to glabrous, calyx limb persistent. Fl. Mar-Jul, fr. Jul-Nov.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Images

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Distribution

Pavetta hongkongensis world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Pavetta hongkongensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:759740-1
WFO ID wfo-0000265460
COL ID 766H8
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Synonyms

Pavetta hongkongensis Tarenna kwangsiensis