Vasilis Teodoridis:
Anacardiaceae | Choerospondias
1. Choerospondias axillaris (Roxburgh) B. L. Burtt & A. W. Hill; Ann. Bot. (London); ser. 2. 1: 254. 1937.
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Deciduous trees; 8-20 m tall; branchlets dark purplish brown; minutely pubescent to glabrous; lenticellate. Petiole inflated at base; petiole and rachis minutely pubescent to glabrous; leaf blade 25-40 cm; imparipinnately compound; with 3-6 leaflets; leaflet petiolule slender; 2-5 mm; glabrous to minutely pubescent; leaflet blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate or oblong-ovate; 4-12 x 2-4.5 cm; papery; glabrous or abaxially with tufts of hair in vein axils; base ± oblique; broadly cuneate to rounded; entire or serrate at base; apex long acuminate; lateral veins 8-10 pairs; prominent on both surfaces; reticulate venation obscure. Male inflorescence 4-10 cm; minutely pubescent to glabrous; floral subtending bracts minute. Male flowers: calyx minutely pubescent to glabrous; lobes triangular; ca. 1 mm; apically obtuse; with purplish red glandular-ciliate hairs along margin; petals oblong; 2.5-3 mm; with brown venation; recurved at anthesis; stamens equal to petals in length; anthers oblong; ca. 1 mm. Female flowers solitary in axils of distal leaves; larger than male flowers; ovary ca. 1.5 mm; 5-locular; style ca. 0.5 mm. Drupe ellipsoidal or obovate-ellipsoidal; yellow at maturity; 2.5-3 cm; ca. 2 cm in diam.; endocarp 2-2.5 x 1.2-1.5 cm.
Lowland; hill; and mountain forests; 300-2000 m. Anhui; Fujian; S Gansu; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; SE Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bhutan; Cambodia; India; Japan; Laos; Nepal; Thailand; Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Anacardiaceae | Choerospondias
1. Choerospondias axillaris (Roxburgh) B. L. Burtt & A. W. Hill; Ann. Bot. (London); ser. 2. 1: 254. 1937.
??? nan suan zao
Deciduous trees; 8-20 m tall; branchlets dark purplish brown; minutely pubescent to glabrous; lenticellate. Petiole inflated at base; petiole and rachis minutely pubescent to glabrous; leaf blade 25-40 cm; imparipinnately compound; with 3-6 leaflets; leaflet petiolule slender; 2-5 mm; glabrous to minutely pubescent; leaflet blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate or oblong-ovate; 4-12 x 2-4.5 cm; papery; glabrous or abaxially with tufts of hair in vein axils; base ± oblique; broadly cuneate to rounded; entire or serrate at base; apex long acuminate; lateral veins 8-10 pairs; prominent on both surfaces; reticulate venation obscure. Male inflorescence 4-10 cm; minutely pubescent to glabrous; floral subtending bracts minute. Male flowers: calyx minutely pubescent to glabrous; lobes triangular; ca. 1 mm; apically obtuse; with purplish red glandular-ciliate hairs along margin; petals oblong; 2.5-3 mm; with brown venation; recurved at anthesis; stamens equal to petals in length; anthers oblong; ca. 1 mm. Female flowers solitary in axils of distal leaves; larger than male flowers; ovary ca. 1.5 mm; 5-locular; style ca. 0.5 mm. Drupe ellipsoidal or obovate-ellipsoidal; yellow at maturity; 2.5-3 cm; ca. 2 cm in diam.; endocarp 2-2.5 x 1.2-1.5 cm.
Lowland; hill; and mountain forests; 300-2000 m. Anhui; Fujian; S Gansu; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; SE Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bhutan; Cambodia; India; Japan; Laos; Nepal; Thailand; Vietnam].