Sorbus discolor (Maxim.) Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Sorbus

Characteristics

Trees to 10 m tall. Branchlets purplish brown when old, terete, glabrous or nearly so when young, sparsely lenticellate when old; buds oblong-ovoid, 6–9 mm, apex shortly acuminate or acute; scales several, brownish, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves imparipinnate, together with rachis 10–20 cm; petiole 3–4(–6) cm; stipules persistent, 5–8 mm, lobed or coarsely serrate; rachis adaxially shallowly sulcate, glabrous, somewhat winged; leaflets 5–7 pairs, at intervals of 1.2–3 cm, basal pair usually smaller than others, blades oblong or oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 3–6 × 1–1.8 cm, lateral veins 12–20 pairs, arcuate-anastomosing at margin, both surfaces glabrous, abaxially paler, glaucescent, base usually rounded, margin minutely sharply serrate, with 12–20 teeth on each margin, entire in basal 1/3, apex acute to shortly acuminate. Inflorescences loose, 5–8 × 5–10 cm, many flowered; rachis and pedicels glabrous, with small lenticels; bracts similar to stipules, but smaller. Pedicel 2–3 mm. Flower 6–8 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially glabrous. Sepals triangular, 1–2 mm, apex ± obtuse or acute. Petals white, ovate or oblong-ovate, 3–5 × 2.5–3.5 mm, glabrous, apex obtuse. Stamens 15–20, ca. 1/2 as long as petals. Styles 3 or 4, nearly as long as stamens, sparsely pubescent basally. Fruit white or yellow, ovoid, 6–8 mm in diam.; sepals persistent. Fl. May, fr. Aug–Sep. 2n = 34*.
More
A shrub.
Life form
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 8.0 - 12.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.2
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. In Yunnan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

Sorbus discolor unspecified picture

Distribution

Sorbus discolor world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Sorbus discolor threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:741893-1
WFO ID wfo-0001016286
COL ID 4YBBV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Sorbus pekinensis Sorbus peckinensis Pyrus discolor Pyrus pekinensis Sorbus discolor