Xanthophyllum yunnanense C.Y.Wu

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Xanthophyllum

Characteristics

Trees 10-15 m tall; trunk to 15-35 cm d.b.h. Branchlets yellow or straw-colored, slender, scabrous, glabrous; axillary buds 2, overlapping. Petiole yellow-brown, 6-10 mm, adaxially sulcate; leaf blade linear-lanceolate, 8-15 × 1.8-3.5 cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, midvein yellow, raised on both surfaces, lateral veins 7 or 8 pairs, raised abaxially, curved, anastomosing near margin, tertiary veins not parallel, veinlets reticulate, base cuneate, margin slightly undulate when dry, apex acuminate. Racemes axillary, densely yellow pubescent. Flowers not seen. Infructescences 2.5-3.4 cm, densely yellow-brown tomentose; fruit stalk short, ca. 5 mm, stout, yellowish brown tomentose. Drupe green, ca. 2 cm in diam., glabrous. Seed black, rounded; cotyledon plump. Fl. unknown, fr. Jul-Sep.
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A tree. It grows 10-15 m tall. The trunk is 15-35 cm across. The small branches are slender and yellow. The leaf stalk is 6-10 mm long. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and 8-15 cm long by 2-3.5 cm wide. The mid-vein is yellow and raised on both surfaces. The fruiting stalks are 2.5-3.4 cm long and have a yellow-brown coating. The fruit is green and 2 cm across. The seed is round and black.
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.15 - 0.35
Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 15.0
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It is a tropical plant. In Yunnan.
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Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten fresh.
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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Xanthophyllum yunnanense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:692917-1
WFO ID wfo-0001219766
COL ID 5C7CD
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Synonyms

Xanthophyllum yunnanense