Styrax macrocarpus Cheng

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Styracaceae > Styrax

Characteristics

Trees 6--9 m tall, deciduous. Branchlets terete, densely gray stellate pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves subopposite on basal part of branchlets, alternate or subopposite in apical part of branchlets; petiole very short; leaf blade elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 7--17 X 3.5--7.5 cm, papery, glabrous but veins stellate pubescent, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, margin entire or apically serrate, apex acute, secondary veins 7--10 pairs, tertiary veins subparallel. Pedicel ca. 1 cm. Flowers solitary, axillary, opening before leaves, ca. 3.3 cm. Calyx 5--7 X 7--9 mm, membranous, subglabrous; teeth 5 or 6, deltoid. Corolla tube 3--4 mm; lobes 5--7, elliptic, ca. 2.2 X 0.9 cm. Stamens shorter than corolla; filaments basally densely white villose. Fruit ovoid to pyriform, 2--3 X 2--2.5 cm, densely gray to brownish stellate tomentose, apex shortly pointed. Seeds dark brown, irregularly deeply rugose. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Sep-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 5.5
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OctNovDec
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Distribution

Styrax macrocarpus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:826850-1
WFO ID wfo-0001141414
COL ID 53C79
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Styrax macrocarpus Styrax zhejiangensis