Vasilis Teodoridis:
Theaceae | Eurya
36. Eurya loquaiana Dunn; J. Linn. Soc.; Bot. 38: 355. 1908.
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Shrubs or trees; 2-10 m tall. Young branches grayish brown; glabrous or subglabrous; current year branchlets yellowish green; terete; slender; puberulent; terminal buds puberulent and pubescent. Petiole 2-4 mm; puberulent; leaf blade oblong-elliptic; oblong-lanceolate; ovate-lanceolate; ovate; ovate-elliptic; or elliptic; (2-)4-9 x 1.5-2.5 cm; thinly leathery to papery; abaxially pale green; sparsely puberulent to puberulent only along midvein; and purplish red when dry; adaxially dark green to yellowish green; glabrous; and sometimes golden yellow glandular; midvein abaxially elevated and adaxially impressed; secondary veins (8-)10-20 on each side of midvein; slender; and visible on both surfaces; base cuneate to broadly cuneate; margin serrulate; apex long acuminate. Flowers axillary; solitary or to 4 in a cluster. Pedicel 2-3 mm; puberulent. Male flowers: bracteoles ovate; ca. 1 mm; sepals ovate to suborbicular; ca. 3 mm; outside puberulent to subglabrous; inside sericeous; petals obovate; 5-6 mm; stamens 10-15; anthers not locellate; pistillode glabrous or sparsely pubescent; 3-loculed. Female flowers: bracteoles; sepals; and petals similar to those of male flowers; style (1-)2-3 mm; apically 3-lobed. Fruit black when mature; globose; 3-4 mm in diam. Seeds blackish brown; reniform; shiny. Fl. Oct-Dec; fr. Jul-Sep.
? Forests or thickets on mountain slopes or in valleys; 400-2000 m. S Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Henan; W Hubei; S and SW Hunan; Jiangxi; S Sichuan; Taiwan; SE Yunnan; S Zhejiang.