Vasilis Teodoridis:
Juglandaceae | Engelhardia
1. Engelhardia roxburghiana Wallich; Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 85. 1831.
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Alfaropsis roxburghiana (Wallich) Iljinskaja; Engelhardia chrysolepis Hance; E. fenzelii Merrill; E. formosana Hayata; E. roxburghiana f. brevialata W. E. Manning; E. spicata Leschenault var. formosana Hayata; E. unijuga Chun ex P. Y. Chen.
Trees to 30 m tall. Leaves even-pinnate; 1-25 cm; petiole 1-8 cm; glabrous; rachis glabrous; leaflets 2-10; entire; petiolule 2-15 mm; blade elliptic-lanceolate to long elliptic; 4.5-14 x 1.5-5 cm; abaxially glabrous or puberulent; base oblique; apex acuminate or shortly acuminate. Nutlets globose; 3-5 mm; glabrous; wings glabrous; middle wing 1.5-5 cm; lateral wings 0.7-2.7 cm. Fl. Feb-Aug; fr. Jan-Dec. 2n = 32
Mixed broad-leaved or evergreen forests on loam; or on steep; dry slopes with sandy soil; 200-1500 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Cambodia; Indonesia; Laos; Myanmar; E Pakistan; Thailand; Vietnam].
This species is widely distributed and highly variable; but the leaves; flowers; and nutlets are quite distinctive. Vegetative material can usually be distinguished by its entire; leathery; evergreen leaflets that are glabrous but coated with yellowish; peltate scales abaxially.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Myrsinaceae | Embelia
10. Embelia vestita Roxburgh; Fl. Ind. 2: 288. 1824.
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Calispermum oblongifolium (Hemsley) Nakai; C. rude (Handel-Mazzetti) Nakai; Embelia bodinieri H. Léveillé; E. lenticellata Hayata; E. nigroviridis C. Chen; E. oblongifolia Hemsley; E. prunifolia Mez; E. rudis Handel-Mazzetti; E. vestita var. lenticellata (Hayata) C. Y. Wu & C. Chen; Ribesoides oblongifolium (Hemsely) Kuntze; R. vestitum (Roxburgh) Kuntze; Samara vestita (Roxburgh) Kurz.
Shrubs scandent; glandular granulose on branchlets; bracts; sepals bases; and petals inside. Branchlets flexuous; terete; 1.5-2(-2.5) mm in diam.; lenticellate; glabrescent. Petiole canaliculate and marginate; margin often developing cork warts; 4-8 mm; leaf blade oblong or lanceolate to ovate; (3.5-)7-11(-18) x (1.3-)2-4(-7.5) cm; papery to thin leathery; glossy; glabrous; red or black punctate; base obtuse; rounded or truncate; margin serrate or serrulate; apex acute to acuminate; lateral veins numerous. Inflorescences racemose or rarely panicle of 2 racemes; (1-)2-4 cm; densely glandular papillate; bracts subulate; 1-1.5 mm; glabrous; red punctate; margin roughly serrulate. Flowers unisexual or bisexual; white or pinkish; 5-merous; 1.8-3 mm. Pedicel cylindric; 2-5 mm; sparsely papillate. Sepals ovate; pellucid or brown punctate; margin erose; glandular ciliate; apex obtuse to acutish. Petals narrowly oblong; elliptic; ligulate; or spatulate; glabrous outside; orange punctate; apex rounded or emarginate. Stamens ca. as long as or longer than petals in staminate flowers; ca. 2/3 as long as petals in bisexual flowers; anthers connective pellucid to red-punctate. Style usually curved; stigma subcapitate. Fruit red; globose 5-10 mm in diam.; red punctate. Fl. Oct-Dec; fr. Oct-Jul.
Mixed forests; evergreen; broad-leaved forests; shrubby areas; limestone hillsides; 200-1900(-2300) m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [India; Myanmar; Nepal; Vietnam]