Vasilis Teodoridis:
Elaeagnaceae | Elaeagnus
41. Elaeagnus henryi Warburg ex Diels; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 483. 1900.
????? yi chang hu tui zi
Elaeagnus fargesii Lecomte.
Shrubs; evergreen; climbing. Spines sometimes present; stout; young branches with overlapping dull silvery gray and pale brown scales. Petiole 8-10 mm; indumentum as for stem; leaf blade abaxially slightly brownish on midrib; adaxially brownish green when dried; broadly lanceolate to ovate; 6-15 x 3-6 cm; leathery; abaxially with overlapping silvery scales; adaxially densely scaly when young but soon glabrous; lateral veins 5-7 per side of midrib; raised abaxially; inconspicuous adaxially; base broadly cuneate to rounded; margin revolute; apex acuminate. Flowers mostly 1 per axil; sometimes clustered on reduced axillary shoots. Pedicel ca. 2 mm; reddish brown scaly. Calyx tube obconic-tubular; ± 4-angular; 6-8 x 2-3 mm; abruptly widening below lobes; outside with dense silvery white scales and scattered brown scales; lobes triangular; inside sparsely pale brown scaly; apex acuminate. Drupe 5-8 mm. Fl. Oct-Nov; fr. Apr.
? Valley forests; 500-1800(-2700) m. Guangdong; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Yunnan.