Sorbus thomsonii (king ex Hook.f.) Rehder

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Sorbus

Characteristics

Trees 8–10 m tall. Branchlets grayish brownish or gray brown, terete, glabrous, sparsely white lenticellate; buds ovoid, 4–6 mm, apex acute; scales several, brownish, glabrous. Leaves simple; petiole 5–10 mm, glabrous; leaf blade oblong-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 4–8 × 2–3 cm, lateral veins 7–10(–12) pairs, slightly curved and anastomosing toward margin, both surfaces glabrous, base cuneate, shallowly minutely serrate, apex acute to shortly acuminate. Compound corymbs 2.5–3.5 × 4–5 cm, more than 10-flowered; rachis and pedicels glabrous. Pedicel 4–8 mm. Flowers 0.8–1.2 cm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially glabrous. Sepals triangular or triangular-ovate, apex ± obtuse. Petals white, ovate to obovate, 4–5.5 × 4–5 mm, adaxially sparsely pilose, apex ± obtuse. Stamens 20, unequal in length, longer ones slightly longer than petals, shorter ones shorter than petals. Styles (2 or)3(or 4), not exceeding stamens, glabrous, connate near base. Fruit subglobose, 8–10(–12) mm in diam., with few small lenticels, 2–4-loculed, with an annular scar. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Aug–Sep.
Life form annual
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 6.5 - 7.5
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Flower color
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 120 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Germination treatment stratification
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Distribution

Sorbus thomsonii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:742010-1
WFO ID wfo-0001016353
COL ID 4YBPN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sorbus thomsonii Pyrus thomsonii Micromeles thomsonii Aria thomsonii Sorbus rhombifolia