Carallia brachiata

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ZONPALM
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BLE
0.50
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LEG
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ZONPALM
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ARBFERN
0.00
D-HERB
0.00
M-HERB
0.00
AZONAL WOODY
0.50
AZONAL NON-WOODY
0.00
AQUATIC
0.00
PROBLEMATIC TAXA
0.00
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0.00
BLD
0.00
BLE
0.50
SCL
0.00
LEG
0.00
ZONPALM
0.00
ARBFERN
0.00
D-HERB
0.00
M-HERB
0.00
AZONAL WOODY
0.50
AZONAL NON-WOODY
0.00
AQUATIC
0.00
PROBLEMATIC TAXA
0.00

Comments

Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rhizophoraceae | Carallia

1. Carallia brachiata (Loureiro) Merrill; Philipp. J. Sci. 15: 249. 1920.

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Diatoma brachiata Loureiro; Fl. Cochinch. 1: 296. 1790; Carallia integerrima Candolle; C. sinensis Arnott; Petalotoma brachiata (Loureiro) Candolle.

Trees to 10 m tall. Branches brown; corky. Stipules 1-2.5 cm. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade elliptic; obovate; oblanceolate; or rarely suborbicular; 5-15 x 2-10 cm; papery to thinly leathery; base cuneate; margin entire; serrate; or denticulate; apex acute to shortly acuminate. Inflorescences 1-6 cm; often resinous; usually shining from secreted resin. Flowers shortly pedicellate or sessile; bracteoles 2 or 3; partially connate into a cup. Calyx lobes 6 or 7; deltoid; 3-4 mm. Petals white; suborbiculate; ca. 1.5 mm in diam.; apically emarginate and unevenly lacerate. Stamens ca. 2 mm. Ovary bulbous; ca. 2 mm; style ca. 2 mm; stigma discoid; apically 4-8-lobed. Fruit pink to red globose; ca. 5 mm in diam.; glossy. Seeds reniform. Fl. winter-spring; fr. spring-summer.

Evergreen forests; thickets; swamps; near sea level to 900 m. Fujian; Guangdong; S Guangxi; Hainan; Yunnan [S Bhutan; Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam; N Australia; Madagascar; E Nepal; New Guinea; Pacific islands].

Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rhizophoraceae | Carallia

1. Carallia brachiata (Loureiro) Merrill; Philipp. J. Sci. 15: 249. 1920.

??? zhu jie shu

Diatoma brachiata Loureiro; Fl. Cochinch. 1: 296. 1790; Carallia integerrima Candolle; C. sinensis Arnott; Petalotoma brachiata (Loureiro) Candolle.

Trees to 10 m tall. Branches brown; corky. Stipules 1-2.5 cm. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade elliptic; obovate; oblanceolate; or rarely suborbicular; 5-15 x 2-10 cm; papery to thinly leathery; base cuneate; margin entire; serrate; or denticulate; apex acute to shortly acuminate. Inflorescences 1-6 cm; often resinous; usually shining from secreted resin. Flowers shortly pedicellate or sessile; bracteoles 2 or 3; partially connate into a cup. Calyx lobes 6 or 7; deltoid; 3-4 mm. Petals white; suborbiculate; ca. 1.5 mm in diam.; apically emarginate and unevenly lacerate. Stamens ca. 2 mm. Ovary bulbous; ca. 2 mm; style ca. 2 mm; stigma discoid; apically 4-8-lobed. Fruit pink to red globose; ca. 5 mm in diam.; glossy. Seeds reniform. Fl. winter-spring; fr. spring-summer.

Evergreen forests; thickets; swamps; near sea level to 900 m. Fujian; Guangdong; S Guangxi; Hainan; Yunnan [S Bhutan; Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam; N Australia; Madagascar; E Nepal; New Guinea; Pacific islands].