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Syzygium cathayense Merr. & L. M. Perry

Description

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Trees, to 6 m tall. Branchlets grayish brown when dry, 4-angled. Petiole 7-11 mm; leaf blade narrowly oblong, 11-15 × 3-4.5 cm, leathery, abaxially brownish when dry, adaxially black and slightly glossy when dry, secondary veins 8-11 on each side of midvein, 8-10 mm apart, and with additional parallel veins between them, reticulate veins abaxially conspicuous, intramarginal veins 2-3 mm from margin, base cuneate, apex slightly acute. Inflorescences axillary, paniculate cymes, 3-5 cm, many-flowered; peduncle terete, ca. 1 cm. Hypanthium ca. 5 mm. Calyx lobes 4, shortly triangular, 1.5-2 mm. Petals white, distinct, ovate to orbicular, 5-7 mm. Stamens 1-1.5 cm; anthers small, apex with a gland. Style ca. 1.5 cm. Fl. Jan-Feb.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 13: 337, 339, 346 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Habitat & Distribution

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● Moist secondary forests, riversides. W Guangxi, S Yunnan.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 13: 337, 339, 346 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras