Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Cerasus
41. Cerasus dielsiana (C. K. Schneider) T. T. Yü & C. L. Li; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 38: 59. 1986.
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Trees or shrubs; 5–10 m tall. Branchlets grayish brown; glabrous; young branchlets glabrous or densely brown villous. Winter buds ovoid; glabrous. Stipules narrowly lorate; 0.8–1.5 cm; margin glandular serrate. Petiole 0.8–1.7 cm; densely spreading villous; glabrescent; with 1–3 nectaries at apex or on apical part; leaf blade elliptic to elliptic-obovate; 6–14 x 2.5–4.5 cm; abaxially pale green; densely spreading-villous on mid and secondary veins but other part pilose; adaxially dark green and glabrous; base broadly cuneate to rounded; margin acutely serrate or biserrate and teeth with a minute apical gland; apex caudate-acuminate; secondary veins 10–13 on either side of midvein. Inflorescences umbellate or subumbellate; 2–6-flowered; involucral bracts brown; long elliptic; adaxially densely appressed villous; peduncle 0.6–2 cm or nearly absent; spreading yellow villous; bracts ovate; 3–6 mm in diam.; margin strongly fimbriate; fimbria with a long-stalked gland. Flowers opening before leaves or nearly so. Pedicel 1–3.5 cm; spreading brown pilose. Hypanthium campanulate; 3.5–5 mm; outside pilose. Sepals elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate; nearly twice as long as hypanthium; reflexed; margin ciliate; apex acute to obtuse. Petals white or pink; ovate; apically 2-lobed. Stamens 32–36; nearly as long as petals. Style ± as long as stamens; glabrous. Drupe red; subglobose; 8–9 mm in diam.; endocarp smooth. Fl. Mar–Apr; fr. May–Jun.
Forests; ravines; stream banks; 500--1400 m. Anhui; Chongqing; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan.