Vasilis Teodoridis:
Proteaceae | Heliciopsis
2. Heliciopsis lobata (Merrill) Sleumer; Blumea. 8: 83. 1955.
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Helicia lobata Merrill; Lingnan Sci. J. 6: 276. 1928; H. caulifloroides W. T. Wang.
Trees 5-20 m tall. Young branchlets and leaves appressed rust-colored tomentose. Leaves dimorphic; simple or pinnatipartite; petiole 4-8 cm; leaf blade leathery; base cuneate; abaxially tomentose along reticulate veins but glabrescent; adaxially glabrescent; margin entire; apex shortly acuminate; reticulate veins raised; conspicuous. Simple leaf blade oblong; 10-25 x 5-7 cm. Pinnatipartite leaf blade 20-60 x 20-40 cm; lobes 2-8 pairs; sinuses somewhat rounded. Inflorescences ramiflorous; pilose; bracts of flower pairs lanceolate; ca. 1 mm. Male inflorescences 7-12 cm. Female inflorescences 2-5 cm. Perianth yellowish; pilose. Male flowers: pedicel 1-2 mm to subsessile; perianth 0.8-1.2 cm; anthers ca. 2 mm; hypogynous glands free; pistillode glabrous. Female flowers: pedicel ca. 3 mm; perianth ca. 1 cm; pilose; staminodes ca. 1.5 mm; ovary ovoid; glabrous; style ca. 8 mm; apex ± clavate; stigma lateral. Fruit yellowish green; ellipsoid to ovoid-ellipsoid; somewhat compressed; 7-9 x 5-6 cm; exocarp ca. 1 mm thick; mesocarp 2-4 mm thick; soft fibers numerous and persistent when dry; endocarp 3-4 mm thick. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Nov-Dec.
* Rain forests; below 100 to 800 m. Hainan.
This species provides timber and edible seeds.