Ternstroemia luteoflora L.K.Ling

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Pentaphylacaceae > Ternstroemia

Characteristics

Trees 4-8 m tall. Bark grayish white. Current year branchlets purplish brown, glabrous. Petiole 1-1.5 cm, adaxially grooved; leaf blade oblong-elliptic, oblong-lanceolate, or rarely obovate-elliptic, 5-11 × 2.5-3.5(-4.5) cm, leathery, abaxially pale green becoming reddish brown when dry, adaxially dark green, shiny, and becoming yellowish green when dry, both surfaces glabrous, midvein abaxially elevated and adaxially impressed, secondary veins obscure on both surfaces, base cuneate, margin entire and slightly revolute, apex shortly acuminate and with an obtuse tip. Flowers ca. 1.5 cm in diam. Pedicel 2-3 cm, ± incurved; bracteoles 2, ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-3 mm, apex acuminate. Sepals long ovate, 5-7 × 3-4 mm, margin glandular ciliolate, apex acuminate to long acuminate. Petals white or pale yellow, obovate, 8-10 × 8-10 mm, apex retuse. Male flowers: stamens 35-45, ca. 5 mm; anthers oblong, ca. 4 mm; ovary reduced to a pistillode. Bisexual flowers: ovary globose, 2-loculed with 2 ovules per locule; style apically 2-cleft. Fruit globose, 1.5-2 cm in diam., 2-loculed with 2 seeds per locule. Seeds ellipsoid, ca. 8 × 6 mm. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Aug-Oct.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
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Environment

Light 4-6
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Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Distribution

Ternstroemia luteoflora world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Ternstroemia luteoflora threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1017242-1
WFO ID wfo-0001246399
COL ID 7BRMM
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Synonyms

Ternstroemia luteoflora