Saurauia tristyla Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Actinidiaceae > Saurauia

Characteristics

Small trees or shrubs, 3-6(-12) m tall. Branchlets tomentose to glabrescent, with unguiculate hairs or subulate scales. Petiole tomentose or not, with unguiculate hairs or subulate scales; leaf blade obovate to broadly elliptic-obovate, 10-28 × 4-11 cm, papery, both surfaces sparsely pubescent with appressed setose to unguiculate hairs on midvein and lateral veins, with sparse and appressed setose hairs especially on veins adaxially, lateral veins 8-20 pairs, base cuneate to broadly so, margin setose-serrate, apex shortly acuminate to caudate. Inflorescences 1-4-fascicled, axillary, 1-5 cm, hairy and scaly, 1-3-flowered; bracts 2 or 3 at base of branches, ovate; bracteoles 2, nearly opposite at base of pedicel, 1-5 mm. Flowers pink to white, 0.7-1.6 cm in diam. Sepals broadly ovate to elliptic, 3-4 mm. Petals ovate, ca. 8 mm, recurved at apex. Stamens 25-34. Ovary ovoid to globose; styles 3 or 4(or 5), connate below middle. Fruit green to white to pale yellow, globose, 6-10 mm in diam. Fl. Mar-Jul, fr. Aug-Dec.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 3-6 m tall. The young growth has a rusty coloured covering. The leaves are narrowly oval and 11-17 cm long by 4-9 cm wide. They taper to the tip and are rounded at the base. The flowers are pink and change to white. The fruit are white and juicy. They are round and 6 mm across.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 6.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. In Yunnan in China it grows between 800-1400 m above sea level. It grows in secondary forest. It grows in part shade along streams of tropical forests. In Sichuan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses construction fuel material medicinal
Edible fruits
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Images

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Distribution

Saurauia tristyla world distribution map, present in China, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Saurauia tristyla threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:829438-1
WFO ID wfo-0001225014
COL ID 6XPVL
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Synonyms

Saurauia kawagoeana Ternstroemia bilocularis Cleyera pentapetala Saurauia oxyphylla Saurauia tristyla Saurauia oldhamii Saurauia media Saurauia teysmanniana Saurauia inflexidens Saurauia camptodonta Saurauia leucophloia Saurauia tristyla var. tristyla Saurauia tristyla var. oldhamii Saurauia tristyla var. hekouensis