Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ulmaceae | Gironniera
1. Gironniera subaequalis Planchon; Ann. Sci. Nat.; Bot.; sér. 3. 10: 339. 1848.
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Gironniera chinensis Bentham; G. nervosa Planchon var. subaequalis (Planchon) Kurz.
Trees; 10-20(-30) m tall; d.b.h. 25-50(-100) cm; dioecious. Bark gray to dark gray; smooth. Branchlets yellowish green or brown; covered with hirsute hairs. Stipules opposite; lanceolate; 1-2.7 cm; abaxially strigose. Petiole 4-12 mm; strigose; leaf blade elliptic to elliptic-oblong; 10-25 x 4.5-10 cm; leathery; abaxially green; scabridulous; and with appressed hairs on major veins; adaxially pale green and glabrous; base ± symmetric; margin bluntly serrate or subentire; apex shortly caudate-acuminate; secondary veins 8-12 on each side of midvein. Rachis sparsely strigose. Male inflorescences highly branched. Female inflorescences racemose. Male flowers: ca. 2 mm in diam.; tepals and anthers strigose. Infructescences with 1-5 drupes. Drupes subsessile or short-stalked; broadly ovoid to broadly ellipsoid; 4-8 mm in diam.; laterally compressed; perianth and style persistent; endocarp reddish orange when mature; with 2 obtuse ribs. Fl. Feb-Apr; fr. most of the year.
Valleys; beside streams; 100-800 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Yunnan [Cambodia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam].
The wood is used for furniture and other purposes; the bark fiber is used for manufacturing staple rayon; and the leaves are used medicinally.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ulmaceae | Gironniera
1. Gironniera subaequalis Planchon; Ann. Sci. Nat.; Bot.; sér. 3. 10: 339. 1848.
??? bai yan shu
Gironniera chinensis Bentham; G. nervosa Planchon var. subaequalis (Planchon) Kurz.
Trees; 10-20(-30) m tall; d.b.h. 25-50(-100) cm; dioecious. Bark gray to dark gray; smooth. Branchlets yellowish green or brown; covered with hirsute hairs. Stipules opposite; lanceolate; 1-2.7 cm; abaxially strigose. Petiole 4-12 mm; strigose; leaf blade elliptic to elliptic-oblong; 10-25 x 4.5-10 cm; leathery; abaxially green; scabridulous; and with appressed hairs on major veins; adaxially pale green and glabrous; base ± symmetric; margin bluntly serrate or subentire; apex shortly caudate-acuminate; secondary veins 8-12 on each side of midvein. Rachis sparsely strigose. Male inflorescences highly branched. Female inflorescences racemose. Male flowers: ca. 2 mm in diam.; tepals and anthers strigose. Infructescences with 1-5 drupes. Drupes subsessile or short-stalked; broadly ovoid to broadly ellipsoid; 4-8 mm in diam.; laterally compressed; perianth and style persistent; endocarp reddish orange when mature; with 2 obtuse ribs. Fl. Feb-Apr; fr. most of the year.
Valleys; beside streams; 100-800 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Yunnan [Cambodia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam].
The wood is used for furniture and other purposes; the bark fiber is used for manufacturing staple rayon; and the leaves are used medicinally.