Vasilis Teodoridis:
Hamamelidaceae | Altingia
8. Altingia obovata Merrill & Chun; Sunyatsenia. 2: 238. 1935.
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Trees ca. 30 m tall; trunk to ca. 100 cm in diam.; bark scabrous; young branches sparsely pubescent; buds ovoid; ca. 1 cm; sparsely pubescent. Stipules caducous; petiole 0.4–1 cm; leaf blade obovate or narrowly so; 5–11 x 2–4.5 cm; abaxially glabrous; base narrowly cuneate; margin crenate-serrulate; apex rounded or obtuse; lateral veins 7–9 on each side; prominent on both surfaces. Male inflorescences ellipsoid; usually many arranged in raceme; bracts ovate; brown-pubescent. Female inflorescence usually solitary in leaf axil; 16–28-flowered; peduncle ca. 3 cm. Male flowers: stamen filaments very short; anthers red; obovoid; ca. 1.5 mm. Female flowers: staminodes usually scalelike; styles ca. 3 mm; pubescent; apex recurved. Infructescences subglobose; ca. 2 cm wide; base truncate. Seeds brown; irregularly angular. Fl. Mar–Jun; fr. Jul–Sep.
Montane evergreen forests; 800--1400 m. Hainan.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Hamamelidaceae | Altingia
8. Altingia obovata Merrill & Chun; Sunyatsenia. 2: 238. 1935.
???? hai nan tan shu
Trees ca. 30 m tall; trunk to ca. 100 cm in diam.; bark scabrous; young branches sparsely pubescent; buds ovoid; ca. 1 cm; sparsely pubescent. Stipules caducous; petiole 0.4–1 cm; leaf blade obovate or narrowly so; 5–11 x 2–4.5 cm; abaxially glabrous; base narrowly cuneate; margin crenate-serrulate; apex rounded or obtuse; lateral veins 7–9 on each side; prominent on both surfaces. Male inflorescences ellipsoid; usually many arranged in raceme; bracts ovate; brown-pubescent. Female inflorescence usually solitary in leaf axil; 16–28-flowered; peduncle ca. 3 cm. Male flowers: stamen filaments very short; anthers red; obovoid; ca. 1.5 mm. Female flowers: staminodes usually scalelike; styles ca. 3 mm; pubescent; apex recurved. Infructescences subglobose; ca. 2 cm wide; base truncate. Seeds brown; irregularly angular. Fl. Mar–Jun; fr. Jul–Sep.
Montane evergreen forests; 800--1400 m. Hainan.