Eurya rubiginosa var attenuata

Longqi Mt. (Longqishan) – Broad-leaved Evergreen Forest (580-1200 m alt.) – Form. 1 Phoebe bournei

Vasilis Teodoridis:
Staphyleaceae | Euscaphis

1. Euscaphis japonica (Thunberg) Kanitz; Term. Füz. 3: 157 [Exp. Asiae Orient. 24]. 1878.

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Sambucus japonica Thunberg in Murray; Syst. Veg.; ed. 14; 295. 1784; Euodia chaffanjonii H. Léveillé; Euscaphis chinensis Gagnepain; E. fukienensis Hsu; E. japonica var. jianningensis Q. J. Wang; E. japonica var. pubescens P. L. Chiu & G. R. Zhong; E. japonica var. ternata Rehder; E. konishii Hayata; E. staphyleoides Siebold & Zuccarini; E. tonkinensis Gagnepain.

Small deciduous trees or shrubs; (2-)3-6(-8) m tall; bark grayish brown; striped. Twigs and buds dark purple. Branches glabrescent. Leaves with pale green rachis; (8-)12-32 cm; stipule linear; pilose; base broad; tapering to tip; leaflets 5-9; rarely 3-11; with unpleasant odor when crushed; petiolule 1-2 mm; glabrescent; leaflet blades elliptic to oblong-ovate or sometimes oblong-lanceolate; rarely ovate; 4-6(-9) x 2-3(-4) cm; papery; glabrous or pilose along veins; adaxially green; abaxially pale; main vein impressed adaxially and prominent abaxially; lateral veins 8-11; conspicuous on both surfaces; base broadly cuneate to rounded; margin sparsely serrulate with glandular teeth; apex acuminate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle; up to 21 cm. Flower small; yellowish white; 4-5 mm in diam.; pedicel ca. 2 mm. Sepals oval; ca. 2 mm; base united; margin ciliate; apex obtuse. Petals yellowish green; obovate; slightly longer than sepals. Stamens shorter than petals; anthers oval. Ovary ovoid; carpels 3; free or base slightly united. Follicle 1-2 cm; 1-3-locular; pericarp softly leathery; red-brown with irregular ribs. Seeds shining black; subglobose; ca. 5 mm in diam.; arils fleshy. Fl. Apr-Jun; fr. Aug-Nov.

Mountain valleys; open forests. Most provinces in China except NW regions; especially in areas S of the Chang Jiang to Hainan [Japan; Korea; Vietnam].

This species is grown as an ornamental. The wood is used for making furniture; oil from the seeds is used for making soap; and tannin is extracted from the bark. The roots and dry fruits are used medicinally.

Longqi Mt. (Longqishan) – Broad-leaved Evergreen Forest (580-1200 m alt.) – Form. 2 Altingia chinensis

Vasilis Teodoridis:
Staphyleaceae | Euscaphis

1. Euscaphis japonica (Thunberg) Kanitz; Term. Füz. 3: 157 [Exp. Asiae Orient. 24]. 1878.

??? ye ya chun

Sambucus japonica Thunberg in Murray; Syst. Veg.; ed. 14; 295. 1784; Euodia chaffanjonii H. Léveillé; Euscaphis chinensis Gagnepain; E. fukienensis Hsu; E. japonica var. jianningensis Q. J. Wang; E. japonica var. pubescens P. L. Chiu & G. R. Zhong; E. japonica var. ternata Rehder; E. konishii Hayata; E. staphyleoides Siebold & Zuccarini; E. tonkinensis Gagnepain.

Small deciduous trees or shrubs; (2-)3-6(-8) m tall; bark grayish brown; striped. Twigs and buds dark purple. Branches glabrescent. Leaves with pale green rachis; (8-)12-32 cm; stipule linear; pilose; base broad; tapering to tip; leaflets 5-9; rarely 3-11; with unpleasant odor when crushed; petiolule 1-2 mm; glabrescent; leaflet blades elliptic to oblong-ovate or sometimes oblong-lanceolate; rarely ovate; 4-6(-9) x 2-3(-4) cm; papery; glabrous or pilose along veins; adaxially green; abaxially pale; main vein impressed adaxially and prominent abaxially; lateral veins 8-11; conspicuous on both surfaces; base broadly cuneate to rounded; margin sparsely serrulate with glandular teeth; apex acuminate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle; up to 21 cm. Flower small; yellowish white; 4-5 mm in diam.; pedicel ca. 2 mm. Sepals oval; ca. 2 mm; base united; margin ciliate; apex obtuse. Petals yellowish green; obovate; slightly longer than sepals. Stamens shorter than petals; anthers oval. Ovary ovoid; carpels 3; free or base slightly united. Follicle 1-2 cm; 1-3-locular; pericarp softly leathery; red-brown with irregular ribs. Seeds shining black; subglobose; ca. 5 mm in diam.; arils fleshy. Fl. Apr-Jun; fr. Aug-Nov.

Mountain valleys; open forests. Most provinces in China except NW regions; especially in areas S of the Chang Jiang to Hainan [Japan; Korea; Vietnam].

This species is grown as an ornamental. The wood is used for making furniture; oil from the seeds is used for making soap; and tannin is extracted from the bark. The roots and dry fruits are used medicinally.

Longqi Mt. (Longqishan) – Broad-leaved Evergreen Forest (580-1200 m alt.) - Form. 3 Castanopsis tibetana

Vasilis Teodoridis:
Theaceae | Eurya
Theaceae | Eurya

58. Eurya rubiginosa Hung T. Chang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 3: 45. 1954.

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Shrubs 2.5-3.5 m tall. Older branches grayish white; young branches grayish brown; 2-ribbed; current year branchlets yellowish green; 2-ribbed; glabrous; terminal buds glabrous. Petiole ca. 2 mm or less; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate to sometimes oblong-lanceolate; 6-12 x 1.5-4 cm; leathery; abaxially reddish brown when dry; adaxially dark green; both surfaces glabrous; midvein abaxially elevated and adaxially slightly impressed; secondary veins 13-15 on each side of midvein and slightly raised on both surfaces; base cuneate; broadly cuneate; rounded; or rarely subcordate; apex acute to shortly acuminate and with an obtuse tip; margin closely serrulate and revolute. Flowers axillary; solitary or to 3 in a cluster. Pedicel 1-1.5 mm; glabrous. Male flowers: bracteoles ovate to ovate-orbicular; ca. 0.5 mm; apex acute to subrounded and mucronate; sepals suborbicular; ca. 2 mm; subleathery; outside pubescent or glabrous; apex rounded and retuse; petals obovate; 3-4 mm; stamens ca. 15; anthers not locellate; pistillode glabrous. Female flowers: bracteoles and sepals similar to those of male flowers but slightly smaller; petals oblong-lanceolate; ca. 3 mm; ovary ovoid; glabrous; 3-loculed; style 1-1.5 mm; apically 3-parted to almost distinct. Fruit purplish black when mature; globose to ovoid; ca. 4 mm. Fl. Oct-Nov; fr. Apr-Aug.