Saurauia griffithii Dyer

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Actinidiaceae > Saurauia

Characteristics

Trees ca. 8 m tall. Branchlets stout, densely brown tomentose, hairs intermixed with subulate scales. Petiole 4.5-5 cm, stout, scaly, tomentose; leaf blade broadly or narrowly elliptic-oblong, 20-40 × 8-17 cm, leathery, abaxially flocculently brown or ferruginous tomentose, adaxially glabrous, midvein and lateral veins with subulate scales buried in tomentum, lateral veins 37-40 pairs, base obtuse to rounded, symmetrical to oblique, margin remotely setose-serrate, apex abruptly acuminate. Inflorescences 15-33 cm, axillary, densely tomentose, sparsely scaly; pedicels 1-1.7 cm; bracteoles 2, above middle, narrowly elliptic, ca. 8 × 3 mm, abaxially tomentose. Sepals broadly elliptic, 4-5 mm wide, abaxially sparsely to densely tomentose. Petals unknown. Stamens 52-54. Ovary subglobose, glabrous; styles 5, connate below middle. Fruit unknown. Fl. and fr. unknown.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 8.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Saurauia griffithii world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar

Conservation status

Saurauia griffithii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:829336-1
WFO ID wfo-0001224447
COL ID 6XPQZ
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Synonyms

Saurauia griffithii Saurauia griffithii var. griffithii