Vasilis Teodoridis:
Elaeocarpaceae | Elaeocarpus
25. Elaeocarpus limitaneus Handel-Mazzetti; Sinensia. 3: 193. 1933.
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Elaeocarpus maclurei Merrill.
Trees evergreen; to 20 m tall. Branchlets robust; gray-brown appressed tomentose; without persistent bracts. Petiole robust; 2-4 cm; densely brown tomentose at first; glabrescent; leaf blade adaxially shiny when dry; elliptic or obovate; 7-19 x 5-8 cm; leathery; abaxially silvery-gray appressed tomentose; adaxially pubescent on midvein only; lateral veins 8-14 per side; prominently raised abaxially; conspicuous adaxially; veinlets slightly raised abaxially; inconspicuous adaxially; base broadly cuneate or acute; decurrent; margin sparsely serrulate; apex acuminate or acute. Racemes in axils of current and fallen leaves; 5-8 cm; peduncles brown tomentose. Pedicel 3-6 mm; brown tomentose; bract 1; at base of pedicel; caducous; minute. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 5; gray; narrowly lanceolate; ca. 5 mm; abaxially pubescent; adaxially sparsely pubescent. Petals 5; white; 6-7 mm; abaxially glabrous; adaxially pubescent at base; laciniate in upper 1/2; segments 11-16. Stamens 30; ca. 4 mm; puberulent; anthers not awned. Disk 5-lobed; pubescent. Ovary 3-loculed; pubescent; style ca. 3 mm; glabrous in upper 1/2. Drupe elliptic-ovoid; 2.5-3 x ca. 2 cm; exocarp glabrous; apex rounded; endocarp bony; lacunose. Fl. Jul; fr. Aug-?Sep.
Forests; 1000-1700 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; SE Yunnan [Vietnam].