Photinia beauverdiana C.K.Schneid.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Photinia

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, deciduous, 3–10 m tall. Branchlets purplish brown to blackish brown, terete, usually glabrous, with scattered gray lenticels; buds ovoid, puberulous, apex acute; scales several, dark brown. Petiole 5–10 mm, puberulous; leaf blade oblong, ovate, or elliptic to obovate, (3–)5–13 × 2–5 cm, papery, veins (6–)9–14 pairs, abaxially pilose along veins, adaxially lustrous, glabrous, base cuneate to rounded, margin serrate, apex acute or shortly acuminate to caudate. Compound corymbs terminal, 4–7 × 5–10 cm, many flowered; rachis and pedicels glabrous, with numerous oblong lenticels; bracts brown, linear, 3–5 mm, glabrous. Pedicel 0.7–1.5 cm, to 2 cm in fruit. Flowers 5–7 mm in diam. Hypanthium cupular, 1–1.5 mm, abaxially usually glabrous. Sepals broadly triangular or triangular-ovate, 1–2 mm, apex acute or ± obtuse. Petals white, ovate or obovate, 2–4 × 2.5–3.5 mm, glabrous, apex obtuse. Stamens 20, slightly shorter than or nearly as long as petals. Styles (2 or)3, somewhat not exceeding stamens, basally connate. Fruit purplish red, ovoid or subglobose, 7–8 × 5–6 mm, glabrous, slightly lenticellate. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Jul–Aug.
Life form
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 10.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Photinia beauverdiana unspecified picture

Distribution

Photinia beauverdiana world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:727339-1
WFO ID wfo-0000990455
COL ID 7WLPT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pourthiaea villosa Photinia beauverdiana Photinia kudoi Pourthiaea beauverdiana Photinia beauverdiana var. notabilis Photinia beauverdiana var. beauverdiana Pourthiaea beauverdiana var. notabilis