Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
91. Ilex nuculicava S. Y. Hu; J. Arnold Arbor. 30: 385. 1949.
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Trees evergreen; ca. 9 m tall. Branchlets pubescent or glabrescent; young branchlets terete; longitudinally angular; third year’s branchlets cinereous; longitudinally plicate and fissured; with semicircular leaf scars and raised inflorescence scars; terminal buds conical; pubescent or glabrous. Leaves on first to second year’s branchlets; petiole brown or black when dry; 9-15 mm; slender; sparsely puberulent; leaf blade abaxially pale green; adaxially green; obovate-lanceolate; narrowly elliptic; lanceolate; or oblanceolate; (6-)8-13.5 x (2-)3-4.5 cm; leathery; abaxially glabrous; sparsely minutely glandular punctate; adaxially glabrous except on midvein slightly pubescent; midvein impressed adaxially; lateral veins 7 or 8 pairs; obscure adaxially; reticulate veins obscure on both surfaces; base obtuse; margin undulate-crenulate; apex shortly acuminate. Inflorescences: cymes; pubescent or glabrous; fasciculate; axillary on second year’s branchlets; base of fascicles with persistent scales of flower buds; reniform; pubescent or glabrous; flowers yellow-white; 4-merous. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 2; 3-flowered; bracts broadly ovate; pubescent; with basal; stipulelike; pubescent appendages; peduncles 1-2 mm; densely pubescent; pedicels 3-4 mm; pubescent; bracteoles 2; basal or submedian; calyx patelliform; 2-2.5 mm in diam.; sparsely pubescent; 4-lobed; lobes orbicular; ciliate; petals 4; oblong-obovate; ca. 3 x 2 mm; glabrous; margin sparsely ciliate; basally slightly connate; stamens ca. as long as petals; anthers ovoid; rudimentary ovary subglobose or ovoid; apex rounded or obtuse. Female inflorescences: 1-flowered cymes; pedicels ca. 3 mm; bracteoles 2; basal; calyx and corolla as in male flowers; staminodes ca. 1/3 as long as petals; sterile anthers sagittate; ovary ovoid; ca. 2 mm in diam.; apex truncate; stigma discoid. Fruit red; cinereous when dry; globose; ca. 1 cm in diam.; fruiting pedicel 2-6 mm; persistent calyx explanate; ca. 2.5 mm in diam.; pubescent and ciliate; persistent stigma navel-like; ca. 3 mm in diam.; pyrenes 4; broadly ellipsoidal; 6-7 mm; 4-4.5 mm in diam.; both ends acuminate; abaxially palmately striate and sulcate; laterally rugose and pitted; endocarp woody. Fl. Apr-May or Aug-Oct; fr. May-Dec.
? Forests; hills; 500-1800 m. Hainan.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
91. Ilex nuculicava S. Y. Hu; J. Arnold Arbor. 30: 385. 1949.
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Trees evergreen; ca. 9 m tall. Branchlets pubescent or glabrescent; young branchlets terete; longitudinally angular; third year’s branchlets cinereous; longitudinally plicate and fissured; with semicircular leaf scars and raised inflorescence scars; terminal buds conical; pubescent or glabrous. Leaves on first to second year’s branchlets; petiole brown or black when dry; 9-15 mm; slender; sparsely puberulent; leaf blade abaxially pale green; adaxially green; obovate-lanceolate; narrowly elliptic; lanceolate; or oblanceolate; (6-)8-13.5 x (2-)3-4.5 cm; leathery; abaxially glabrous; sparsely minutely glandular punctate; adaxially glabrous except on midvein slightly pubescent; midvein impressed adaxially; lateral veins 7 or 8 pairs; obscure adaxially; reticulate veins obscure on both surfaces; base obtuse; margin undulate-crenulate; apex shortly acuminate. Inflorescences: cymes; pubescent or glabrous; fasciculate; axillary on second year’s branchlets; base of fascicles with persistent scales of flower buds; reniform; pubescent or glabrous; flowers yellow-white; 4-merous. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 2; 3-flowered; bracts broadly ovate; pubescent; with basal; stipulelike; pubescent appendages; peduncles 1-2 mm; densely pubescent; pedicels 3-4 mm; pubescent; bracteoles 2; basal or submedian; calyx patelliform; 2-2.5 mm in diam.; sparsely pubescent; 4-lobed; lobes orbicular; ciliate; petals 4; oblong-obovate; ca. 3 x 2 mm; glabrous; margin sparsely ciliate; basally slightly connate; stamens ca. as long as petals; anthers ovoid; rudimentary ovary subglobose or ovoid; apex rounded or obtuse. Female inflorescences: 1-flowered cymes; pedicels ca. 3 mm; bracteoles 2; basal; calyx and corolla as in male flowers; staminodes ca. 1/3 as long as petals; sterile anthers sagittate; ovary ovoid; ca. 2 mm in diam.; apex truncate; stigma discoid. Fruit red; cinereous when dry; globose; ca. 1 cm in diam.; fruiting pedicel 2-6 mm; persistent calyx explanate; ca. 2.5 mm in diam.; pubescent and ciliate; persistent stigma navel-like; ca. 3 mm in diam.; pyrenes 4; broadly ellipsoidal; 6-7 mm; 4-4.5 mm in diam.; both ends acuminate; abaxially palmately striate and sulcate; laterally rugose and pitted; endocarp woody. Fl. Apr-May or Aug-Oct; fr. May-Dec.
? Forests; hills; 500-1800 m. Hainan.