Sorbus caloneura Rehder

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Sorbus

Characteristics

Trees or shrubs, 10–12 m tall. Branchlets dark reddish brown, terete, glabrous, with few inconspicuous lenticels; buds ovoid to narrowly ovoid, 6–10 mm, apex acute; scales several, brown, glabrous. Leaves simple; petiole 1–2(–3) cm, initially puberulent, glabrate; leaf blade grayish green abaxially, narrowly elliptic or narrowly ovate to obovate-elliptic, 7–12 × 3–7 cm, lateral veins (8–)10–12(–18) pairs, nearly parallel and terminating in marginal teeth, abaxially puberulent along veins, adaxially glabrous, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margin obtusely crenate, apex acuminate, rarely acute. Inflorescences compound-corymbose, 3.5–5 × 4–6 cm, many flowered; rachis and pedicels sparsely brownish yellow pubescent. Pedicel 5–8 mm. Flowers 6–10 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially puberulous. Sepals triangular-ovate, 1.5–2.5 mm, apex ± obtuse or acute. Petals white, broadly ovate to obovate, 3–5 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 20; anthers purple, shorter than petals. Styles 4 or 5, not exceeding stamens, glabrous, connate basally. Fruit brown, globose or obovoid, 1–1.4 cm × 8–10 mm, glabrous, 4-or 5-loculed, distinctly but minutely lenticellate, apex with an annular scar. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Aug–Oct.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 10-12 m tall. The leaves are simple and narrowly oval. They are 7-12 cm long by 3-7 cm wide. There are many flowers in a group. The petals are white. The fruit are round or oval and brown. They are 1-1.4 cm long by 1 cm wide.
Life form
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 12.0
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

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in mixed forests and valleys between 600-2,100 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 120 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Sorbus caloneura world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:741664-1
WFO ID wfo-0001015908
COL ID 6YTYG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sorbus caloneura Micromeles caloneura Aria caloneura Pyrus caloneura Sorbus caloneura var. caloneura