Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fabaceae | Dalbergia
27. Dalbergia hupeana Hance; J. Bot. 20: 5. 1882.
?? huang tan
Dalbergia hupeana var. bauhiniifolia Pampanini; D. sacerdotum Prain.
Trees; 10-20 m tall. Bark dull gray; young shoots pale green; glabrous. Leaves 15-25 cm; leaflets 7-11; elliptic to oblong-elliptic; 3.5-6 x 2.5-4 cm; subleathery; both surfaces glabrous; shiny adaxially; veinlets prominent; base rounded or broadly cuneate; apex obtuse or slightly emarginate. Panicles terminal or extending into axils of uppermost leaves; 15-20 x 10-20 cm; sparsely rusty puberulent. Flowers 6-7 mm. Pedicel ca. 5 mm; sparsely rusty puberulent as calyx; bracts and bracteoles deciduous; ovate; pubescent. Calyx campanulate; 2-3 mm; 5-toothed; upper pair of teeth rounded; subconnate; lateral 2 smaller; ovate; lowest tooth lanceolate; ca. 2 x as long as others. Corolla white or light purple; petals clawed; standard orbicular; emarginate; wings obovate and half-moon-shaped; keel auriculate on upper side below. Stamens 10; diadelphous (5+5). Ovary shortly stipitate; glabrous except at base and stipe; 2- or 3-ovuled; style slender; stigma capitate; small. Legume oblong or broadly ligulate; 4-7 x 1.3-1.5 cm; thinly leathery; reticulate opposite 1 or 2(or 3) seeds; base attenuate to stipe; apex acute. Seeds reniform; 7-14 x 5-9 mm. Fl. May-Jul.
? Forests; among bushes on mountain slopes; ravines; by streams; woodland slopes; 800-1400 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Shandong; Shanxi; Sichuan; Yunnan; Zhejiang.