Vasilis Teodoridis:
Elaeocarpaceae | Elaeocarpus
35. Elaeocarpus japonicus Siebold & Zuccarini; Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(2): 165. 1845.
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Trees to 25 m tall. Branchlets robust; glabrous or minutely pubescent; buds sericeous. Petiole 2-6 cm; pubescent at first; glabrescent; leaf blade ovate; elliptic; obovate; or lanceolate to narrowly oblong; 6-11(-17) x 3-6 cm; papery or leathery; both surfaces densely silvery-gray sericeous at first; soon glabrescent; abaxially with minute black glandular spots; lateral veins 6-8 per side; prominently raised abaxially; veinlets prominent abaxially; inconspicuous adaxially; base rounded; obtuse; acute; or broadly cuneate; margin sparsely dentate; apex acuminate or acute; acumen obtuse. Raceme 3-6 cm; peduncle puberulent. Pedicel 3-4 mm; puberulent. Flowers polygamous. Bisexual flowers: sepals 5; oblong; ca. 4 mm; both surfaces pubescent. Petals oblong; ca. as long as sepals; both surfaces or only abaxially pubescent; margin entire or incised. Stamens 15; filaments very short; anthers ca. 2 mm; not awned at apices; puberulent. Disk 5- or 10-lobed; in circle. Ovary pubescent; 3-loculed; style ca. 3 mm; pubescent. Male flowers: sepals 5 or 6; petals 5 or 6; stamens 9-14; rudimentary ovary present or not. Drupe shiny; ellipsoid; 1-1.3 x ca. 0.8 cm; 1-loculed. Seed 1; ca. 8 mm. Fl. Apr-May; fr. May-Jul.
Evergreen forests; 400-2800 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan; Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Elaeocarpaceae | Elaeocarpus
14. Elaeocarpus sylvestris (Loureiro) Poiret in Lamarck; Encycl.; Suppl. 2: 704. 1811.
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Adenodus sylvestris Loureiro; Fl. Cochinch. 1: 294. 1790; Elaeocarpus henryi Hance; E. kwangtungensis Hu; E. omeiensis Rehder & E. H. Wilson.
Trees to 15 m tall. Branchlets slender; sparsely pale pilose. Petiole 1-1.5 cm; sparsely pubescent at first; glabrescent; leaf blade black-brown when dry; obovate or oblanceolate; 4-12 x 2-7 cm; papery; both surfaces glabrous; lateral veins usually 4 or 5 per side; prominent abaxially; inconspicuous adaxially; veinlets sparse; conspicuous adaxially; base narrowly cuneate; decurrent; margin crenate or sinuately crenate; apex obtuse or shortly acuminate. Racemes in axils of fallen and current leaves; 4-6 cm; peduncles slender; glabrous; rarely gray-white pubescent. Pedicel 3-5 mm; slender; usually glabrous. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 5; lanceolate; ca. 4 mm; both surfaces sparsely pubescent. Petals 5; obovate; laciniate in upper 1/2; segments 10-12; abaxially pubescent at base. Stamens 15; ca. 3 mm; anthers not awned at apices; puberulent. Disk 5-lobed; globose; completely separate; white pubescent. Ovary pubescent; 2- or 3-loculed; style ca. 2 mm; pubescent in lower 1/2. Drupe ellipsoid; 1-1.2 x ca. 0.7 cm; endocarp thinly bony; with 3 ventral sutures. Fl. Apr-May; fr. May-Aug.
Evergreen forests; 300-2000 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Elaeocarpaceae | Elaeocarpus
35. Elaeocarpus japonicus Siebold & Zuccarini; Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(2): 165. 1845.
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Trees to 25 m tall. Branchlets robust; glabrous or minutely pubescent; buds sericeous. Petiole 2-6 cm; pubescent at first; glabrescent; leaf blade ovate; elliptic; obovate; or lanceolate to narrowly oblong; 6-11(-17) x 3-6 cm; papery or leathery; both surfaces densely silvery-gray sericeous at first; soon glabrescent; abaxially with minute black glandular spots; lateral veins 6-8 per side; prominently raised abaxially; veinlets prominent abaxially; inconspicuous adaxially; base rounded; obtuse; acute; or broadly cuneate; margin sparsely dentate; apex acuminate or acute; acumen obtuse. Raceme 3-6 cm; peduncle puberulent. Pedicel 3-4 mm; puberulent. Flowers polygamous. Bisexual flowers: sepals 5; oblong; ca. 4 mm; both surfaces pubescent. Petals oblong; ca. as long as sepals; both surfaces or only abaxially pubescent; margin entire or incised. Stamens 15; filaments very short; anthers ca. 2 mm; not awned at apices; puberulent. Disk 5- or 10-lobed; in circle. Ovary pubescent; 3-loculed; style ca. 3 mm; pubescent. Male flowers: sepals 5 or 6; petals 5 or 6; stamens 9-14; rudimentary ovary present or not. Drupe shiny; ellipsoid; 1-1.3 x ca. 0.8 cm; 1-loculed. Seed 1; ca. 8 mm. Fl. Apr-May; fr. May-Jul.
Evergreen forests; 400-2800 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan; Vietnam].