Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Amygdalus
11. Amygdalus mira (Koehne) Ricker; Bull. Biol. Soc. Wash. 30: 17. 1917.
??? guang he tao
Prunus mira Koehne in Sargent; Pl. Wilson. 1: 272. 1912; Persica mira (Koehne) Kovalev & Kostina.
Trees to 10 m tall. Branchlets green when young; grayish brown with age; slender; spreading; glabrous; with purplish brown small lenticels. Winter buds purplish brown; ovoid; 3–6 mm; glabrous; apex acute. Petiole 0.8–1.5 cm; glabrous; often with flattened purplish red nectaries; leaf blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate; 5–11 x 1.5–4 cm; abaxially pubescent along midvein; adaxially glabrous; base broadly cuneate to subrounded; margin shallowly crenate but entire near apex and teeth usually gland-tipped; apex acuminate. Flowers solitary; opening before leaves; 2.2–3 cm in diam. Pedicel 1–3 mm; 4–5 mm in fruit; glabrous. Hypanthium campanulate; purplish brown; outside glabrous. Sepals ovate to narrowly ovate; purplish green; outside glabrous or slightly villous along margin; apex obtuse. Petals pink; broadly obovate; 1–1.5 cm; apex emarginate. Stamens many; much shorter than petals. Ovary densely pubescent. Style longer or ± as long as stamens. Drupe subglobose; ca. 3 cm in diam.; densely pubescent; mesocarp fleshy; not splitting when ripe; endocarp compressed ovoid-globose; ca. 2 cm; slightly flattened on both sides; surface smooth and with few longitudinal shallow furrows only on dorsal and ventral sides; base subtruncate and slightly asymmetric; apex acute. Fl. Mar–Apr; fr. Aug–Sep.
Slopes in mixed forests; mountain valleys; ravines; 2000--4000 m. Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Russia].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Amygdalus
11. Amygdalus mira (Koehne) Ricker; Bull. Biol. Soc. Wash. 30: 17. 1917.
??? guang he tao
Prunus mira Koehne in Sargent; Pl. Wilson. 1: 272. 1912; Persica mira (Koehne) Kovalev & Kostina.
Trees to 10 m tall. Branchlets green when young; grayish brown with age; slender; spreading; glabrous; with purplish brown small lenticels. Winter buds purplish brown; ovoid; 3–6 mm; glabrous; apex acute. Petiole 0.8–1.5 cm; glabrous; often with flattened purplish red nectaries; leaf blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate; 5–11 x 1.5–4 cm; abaxially pubescent along midvein; adaxially glabrous; base broadly cuneate to subrounded; margin shallowly crenate but entire near apex and teeth usually gland-tipped; apex acuminate. Flowers solitary; opening before leaves; 2.2–3 cm in diam. Pedicel 1–3 mm; 4–5 mm in fruit; glabrous. Hypanthium campanulate; purplish brown; outside glabrous. Sepals ovate to narrowly ovate; purplish green; outside glabrous or slightly villous along margin; apex obtuse. Petals pink; broadly obovate; 1–1.5 cm; apex emarginate. Stamens many; much shorter than petals. Ovary densely pubescent. Style longer or ± as long as stamens. Drupe subglobose; ca. 3 cm in diam.; densely pubescent; mesocarp fleshy; not splitting when ripe; endocarp compressed ovoid-globose; ca. 2 cm; slightly flattened on both sides; surface smooth and with few longitudinal shallow furrows only on dorsal and ventral sides; base subtruncate and slightly asymmetric; apex acute. Fl. Mar–Apr; fr. Aug–Sep.
Slopes in mixed forests; mountain valleys; ravines; 2000--4000 m. Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Russia].