Populus afghanica C.K.Schneid.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Salicaceae > Populus

Characteristics

Trees medium sized; bark grayish, darker at base of trunk; crown wide. Branchlets yellowish brown or light yellow, slightly angled, glabrous. Leaves on proximal part of short branchlets with petioles terete; leaf blade varying from obovate or ovate at base of branchlet through orbicular-ovate to deltoid-orbicular or compressed orbicular near apex, from 2-3 cm near base of branchlet to 6-7 cm at apex, both surfaces glabrous, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, rounded, or truncate, margin obtusely crenate-serrate, slightly translucent, apex acuminate or shortly acuminate. Sprouts with leaf blade rhombic-ovate or obovate, base cuneate. Male catkin ca. 4 cm. Female catkin 5-6 cm, elongated in fruit; rachis glabrous or tomentose. Female flower: style short; stigmas 2. Capsule 5-6 mm, 2-valved; stipe 4-5 mm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 30.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Images

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Distribution

Populus afghanica world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:776571-1
WFO ID wfo-0001133771
COL ID 4LVJ3
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Synonyms

Populus afghanica Populus kanjilaliana subsp. usbekistanica Populus nigra var. afghanica Populus afghanica var. afghanica

Lower taxons

Populus afghanica var. tajikistanica