Populus adenopoda Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Salicaceae > Populus

Characteristics

Trees to 30 m tall; bark grayish white, smooth, becoming dark gray, furrowed; crown ovoid. Old branches grayish brown, glabrous; branchlets slender or robust, dull reddish brown pubescent. Buds conical, viscid, glabrous. Petiole very laterally flattened, 2-8(-12) cm, tomentose or downy; leaf blade ovate-orbicular or ovate, 5-15 × 4-7(-13) cm, abaxially grayish green, densely pubescent when young, adaxially dark green, glabrous or downy along veins, shiny, base truncate or cordate, rarely subrounded or cuneate, with 2 raised glands, margin incurved, glandular crenate-serrate or loosely or coarsely dentate, apex long acuminate or caudate. Male catkin 6-10 cm. Male flower: disc dentate-lobed. Fruiting catkin 12-20(-30) cm; rachis pilose; bracts palmatiparted, brown, obovate-elliptic, ca. 2.5 mm, ciliate. Capsule long ovoid-ellipsoid, (2-)4-6 mm, glabrous, 2-valved, shortly stipitate, apex acute. Seeds dark. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Apr-May.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 21.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses material medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Populus adenopoda world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:776569-1
WFO ID wfo-0001133782
COL ID 4LVHZ
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Synonyms

Populus gamblei Populus wulianensis Populus adenopoda Populus adenopoda f. adenopoda Populus adenopoda f. microcarpa Populus adenopoda f. cuneata Populus silvestrii Populus adenopoda var. adenopoda Populus tremula var. adenopoda Populus adenopoda var. platyphylla Populus adenopoda var. microphylla Populus adenopoda var. nanchaoensis Populus adenopoda var. rotundifolia