Vasilis Teodoridis:
Theaceae | Adinandra
2. Adinandra hainanensis Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 43. 1913.
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Adinandra hainanensis Merrill (1923); not Hayata (1913); A. maclurei Merrill; A. rubropunctata Merrill & Chun.
Shrubs or trees; 5-10(-25) m tall. Young branches grayish brown to brown; glabrous; current year branchlets reddish brown; densely yellowish brown appressed pubescent; terminal buds yellowish brown pubescent. Petiole 5-10 mm; pubescent; leaf blade oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate; 6-8(-13) x 2-3(-6) cm; leathery; abaxially pale green; appressed pubescent when young but glabrescent; and densely reddish brown glandular punctate; adaxially shiny green; midvein abaxially not impressed; secondary veins 10-13 on each side of midvein; secondary and reticulate veins evident on both surfaces; base cuneate; margin serrulate; apex shortly acuminate. Flowers axillary; solitary or paired. Pedicel 7-10(-20) mm; recurved; grayish brown pubescent or glabrescent; bracteoles caducous; ovate; 3-5 x 1.5-3 mm; outside appressed pubescent. Sepals ovate; 6-10 x 6-7 mm; outside grayish brown sericeous; apex slightly acute to subrounded; outer sepals thicker; margin reddish glandular denticulate; inner sepals membranous; margin entire. Petals white; oblong to oblong-elliptic; 7-9 x 3-5 mm; outside yellowish brown sericeous along median portion; basally connate; apex obtuse. Stamens 30-45; 5.5-7 mm; filaments 3-4 mm; glabrous; adnate to base of sepals; anthers linear; 2-3 mm; with filiform trichomes; connective with a ca. 1 mm apiculum. Ovary ovoid; densely tawny sericeous; 5-loculed with many ovules per locule; style simple; 5-7 mm; sericeous. Fruit purplish black; globose; 1-1.5 cm in diam.; pubescent; 5-loculed with many seeds per locule. Seeds black; compressed reniform; shiny. Fl. May-Jun; fr. Sep-Oct.
Forests or thickets on mountain slopes or in valleys; 1000-1800 m. SW Guangdong; S Guangxi; Hainan [N Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Theaceae | Adinandra
2. Adinandra hainanensis Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 43. 1913.
???? hai nan yang tong
Adinandra hainanensis Merrill (1923); not Hayata (1913); A. maclurei Merrill; A. rubropunctata Merrill & Chun.
Shrubs or trees; 5-10(-25) m tall. Young branches grayish brown to brown; glabrous; current year branchlets reddish brown; densely yellowish brown appressed pubescent; terminal buds yellowish brown pubescent. Petiole 5-10 mm; pubescent; leaf blade oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate; 6-8(-13) x 2-3(-6) cm; leathery; abaxially pale green; appressed pubescent when young but glabrescent; and densely reddish brown glandular punctate; adaxially shiny green; midvein abaxially not impressed; secondary veins 10-13 on each side of midvein; secondary and reticulate veins evident on both surfaces; base cuneate; margin serrulate; apex shortly acuminate. Flowers axillary; solitary or paired. Pedicel 7-10(-20) mm; recurved; grayish brown pubescent or glabrescent; bracteoles caducous; ovate; 3-5 x 1.5-3 mm; outside appressed pubescent. Sepals ovate; 6-10 x 6-7 mm; outside grayish brown sericeous; apex slightly acute to subrounded; outer sepals thicker; margin reddish glandular denticulate; inner sepals membranous; margin entire. Petals white; oblong to oblong-elliptic; 7-9 x 3-5 mm; outside yellowish brown sericeous along median portion; basally connate; apex obtuse. Stamens 30-45; 5.5-7 mm; filaments 3-4 mm; glabrous; adnate to base of sepals; anthers linear; 2-3 mm; with filiform trichomes; connective with a ca. 1 mm apiculum. Ovary ovoid; densely tawny sericeous; 5-loculed with many ovules per locule; style simple; 5-7 mm; sericeous. Fruit purplish black; globose; 1-1.5 cm in diam.; pubescent; 5-loculed with many seeds per locule. Seeds black; compressed reniform; shiny. Fl. May-Jun; fr. Sep-Oct.
Forests or thickets on mountain slopes or in valleys; 1000-1800 m. SW Guangdong; S Guangxi; Hainan [N Vietnam].