Vasilis Teodoridis:
Elaeocarpaceae | Elaeocarpus
37. Elaeocarpus chinensis (Gardner & Champion) J. D. Hooker ex Bentham; Fl. Hongk. 43. 1861.
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Friesia chinensis Gardner & Champion; Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1: 243. 1849.
Trees evergreen; 3-7 m tall. Branchlets puberulent; glabrous when old. Petiole 1.5-2 cm; slender; minutely pubescent when young; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate; 5-8 x 2-3 cm; papery; pubescent when young; soon glabrescent; abaxially black glandular punctate; lateral veins 4-6 per side; slightly raised abaxially; veinlets inconspicuous on both surfaces; base rounded; rarely broadly cuneate; margin minutely crenate; apex acuminate. Racemes in axils of fallen leaves; 3-4 cm; peduncles puberulent. Pedicel ca. 3 mm. Flowers polygamous. Bisexual flowers: sepals 4; lanceolate; ca. 3 mm; both surfaces minutely pubescent. Petals 4; oblong; ca. 3 mm; margin nearly entire; adaxially sparsely minutely pubescent. Stamens 8 or 9; ca. 2 mm; filaments very short; anthers without hairs at apices. Ovary 2-loculed. Drupe ellipsoid; shorter than 1 cm. Fl. May-Jun; fr. Jun-Sep.
Evergreen forests; 300-900 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Jiangxi; Zhejiang [Vietnam].