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Grewia macropetala Burret

Description

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Shrubs 1-3 m tall. Branchlets coarsely brown stellate. Petiole 4-5 mm, stellate pubescent; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, 4-7 × 1.5-2 cm, thinly leathery, sparsely coarsely stellate pubescent, glabrescent, lateral basal veins to 1/2 as long as leaf blade, lateral veins 3-4 pairs, veinlets prominent on both surfaces, base narrowly rounded, margin irregularly serrulate, apex acuminate. Cymes 1 or 2 per leaf axil, 3-flowered; peduncle slender, 4-14 mm. Pedicel 4-12 mm, stellate pubescent. Bracts filiform, 3-4 mm. Sepals ca. 6 mm, abaxially hairy, adaxially glabrous. Petals 4-5 mm. Androgynophore short, glabrous. Stamens 16-18, as long as or slightly longer than petals. Ovary hairy; style as long as stamens; stigma 2-4-lobed. Drupe 2-4-lobed, hairy, glabrescent; drupelets 1 per lobe. Fl. May-Jun.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 12: 252, 256 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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● Secondary forests. Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan.
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cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
copyright
Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 12: 252, 256 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