Vasilis Teodoridis:
Theaceae | Eurya
1. Eurya ciliata Merrill; Philipp. J. Sci. 23: 253. 1923.
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Shrubs or trees; 3-10 m tall. Young branches grayish brown to dark brown; glabrous or glabrescent; current year branchlets terete; densely yellowish brown spreading villous; terminal buds spreading villous. Petiole ca. 1 mm; leaf blade lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate; 5-8(-11) x 1.2-2.4 cm; papery; abaxially pale green and appressed pubescent; adaxially shiny green and glabrous; midvein abaxially elevated and adaxially impressed; secondary veins 10-14 on each side of midvein; abaxially raised; and adaxially slightly impressed or obscure; base obliquely cordate; margin entire or rarely serrate; apex acuminate. Flowers axillary; solitary or to 3 in a cluster. Pedicel ca. 1 mm; pubescent. Male flowers: bracteoles ovate; outside pubescent; apex acute; sepals broadly ovate; 2-2.5 mm; leathery; outside densely pubescent; apex rounded to obtuse; petals oblong; 4-4.5 mm; stamens 22-28; anthers 5-8-locellate; pistillode densely pubescent. Female flowers: bracteoles and sepals smaller; and petals slightly smaller; than those of male flower; ovary globose; densely pubescent; 5-loculed; styles 4 or 5; distinct; ca. 4 mm. Fruit globose; 5-6 mm in diam.; with many seeds per locule; densely pubescent. Seeds brown; rotund-reniform; shiny. Fl. Oct-Nov; fr. Apr-May.
? Forests on mountain slopes or along streams; 100-1300 m. SW Guangdong; S Guangxi; Hainan; SE Yunnan.