Vasilis Teodoridis:
16c. Callerya nitida var. hirsutissima (Z. Wei) X. Y. Zhu in X.
Y. Zhu et al.; Legumes China; 454. 2007.
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Millettia nitida var. hirsutissima Z. Wei; Acta Phytotax.
Sin. 23: 288. 1985.
Leaflet blades ovate; 3.5–5.5 x 2–3 cm; abaxially densely
reddish brown hirsute becoming blackened when dry; adaxially
opaque and rough; apex cuspidate. Flowers 1.6–1.8 cm.
? Thickets and open places on slopes; 500–1000 m. Fujian;
Guangdong; Guangxi; Hunan; Jiangxi.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Magnoliaceae | Michelia
12. Michelia maudiae Dunn; J. Linn. Soc.; Bot. 38: 353. 1908.
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Magnolia maudiae (Dunn) Figlar; Michelia chingii W. C. Cheng.
Trees; to 20 m tall; glabrous. Bark pale gray or grayish brown; thin. Young twigs; buds; leaf blade abaxial surfaces; and bracts white powdery. Petiole 1-3 cm; without a stipular scar; leaf blade oblong-elliptic to rarely ovate-elliptic; 7-18 x 3.5-8.5 cm; leathery; abaxially grayish green and glaucous; adaxially deep green and glossy; secondary veins 7-12 on each side of midvein; straight or slightly curved; and divaricate and netted; reticulate veins dense; base cuneate; broadly cuneate; or obtuse; apex abruptly shortly acuminate to shortly acuminate and with an obtuse tip. Brachyblasts green; with 3 annular bract scars; spathaceous bracts pale brown; ca. 3 cm; thinly leathery. Flowers fragrant. Tepals 9; white but base slightly pale red; outer tepals obovate; 5-7 x 3.5-4 cm; base ca. 1 cm clawed; apex shortly acute; tepals of inner 2 whorls gradually narrowing; nearly spoon-shaped; apex acute. Stamens 1.5-2.2 cm; filaments pale purple; flat; ca. 4 mm; connective exserted and forming a 1-2 mm tip. Gynophore 5-8 mm; gynoecium 1.5-1.8 cm; carpels green; narrowly ovoid; 5-6 mm including style. Fruit 7-15 cm; mature carpels ellipsoid; obovoid; or ovoid; apex obtuse or abruptly mucronate. Seeds red; obliquely ovoid; ca. 10 x 5 mm; slightly compressed. Fl. Feb-Mar; fr. Sep-Oct. 2n = 38*.
? Evergreen broad-leaved forests; 600-1500 m. S Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Jiangxi; Hunan; S Zhejiang.
This species is grown as an ornamental. It is used medicinally and for timber.