Vasilis Teodoridis:
Sabiaceae | Meliosma
2. Meliosma cuneifolia Franchet; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat.; sér. 2. 8: 211. 1886.
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Shrubs or trees; to 9 m tall; deciduous. Bark black-brown; branchlets dull black; pubescent. Leaves simple; petiole (0.2-)1-2 cm; sometimes narrowly winged; leaf blade obovate-cuneate or narrowly obovate; 8-12 x 2.5-4 cm; papery; abaxially white hairy; adaxially pubescent; lateral veins 16-20(-30) pairs; straight; more than 3/4 of them into teeth; crinite in vein axils; attenuate from middle to base; base cuneate or decurrent; margin more than 3/4 serrate; apex shortly acuminate. Panicle terminal; erect; 15-20(-30) cm long and wide; pubescent; branched 3(or 4) times. Sepals 5; broadly ovate; ca. 1 mm; ciliate. Petals white or greenish yellow: 3 outer ones suborbicular; ca. 1 mm in diam.; 2 inner ones ca. 0.5 mm; bifid to half; lobes narrowly ovate; acute; outer margin ciliate. Stamens 1.5-1.8 mm. Disk 5-dentate. Pistil ca. 1.2 mm; ovary ca. 0.8 mm high. Drupe compressed-globose; 6-7 mm in diam.; endocarp triangular-ovoid; midrib prominent. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Sep-Nov.
? Forests; 500-3300 m. Anhui; E Gansu; Guizhou; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; S Shaanxi; Shanxi; Sichuan; S Xizang; C and N Yunnan.