Vasilis Teodoridis:
Theaceae | Eurya
69. Eurya semiserrulata Hung T. Chang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 3: 29. 1954.
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Shrubs or trees; 2-10 m tall. Young branches grayish brown; glabrous; current year branchlets terete; yellowish brown pubescent; terminate buds yellowish brown pubescent. Petiole 2-3 mm; pubescent; leaf blade oblong to oblong-oblanceolate; 4-7.5 x 1.2-2.3 cm; leathery to thinly leathery; abaxially yellowish green and pubescent along midvein; adaxially dark green; shiny; and glabrous; midvein abaxially elevated and adaxially impressed; secondary veins 6-8 on each side of midvein; secondary and reticulate veins abaxially slightly raised and adaxially impressed; base broadly cuneate to obtuse; margin entire on basal 1/2 and serrulate on apical 1/2; apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate. Flowers axillary; solitary or to 3 in a cluster. Pedicel 1-1.5 mm; glabrous. Male flowers: bracteoles suborbicular; ca. 1 mm; sepals suborbicular; 1.5-2 mm; membranous; outside glabrous; margin ciliolate; apex rounded; petals oblong to ovate-oblong; ca. 3 mm; stamens 10-16; anthers not locellate; pistillode glabrous. Female flowers: bracteoles similar to those of male flowers but slightly smaller; sepals 1-1.5 mm; petals ovate; ca. 2.5 mm; ovary globose; glabrous; style ca. 0.5 mm; apically 3-lobed. Fruit bluish black when mature; globose; 3-4 mm in diam. Fl. Oct-Nov; fr. Jun-Jul.
? Forests on mountain slopes; thickets at forest margins; 600-2600 m. NE Guangxi; Guizhou; S Hunan; W Jiangxi; SE and SW Sichuan; NE Yunnan.