Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fabaceae | Ormosia
9. Ormosia semicastrata Hance; J. Bot. 20: 78. 1882.
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Ormosia cathayensis L. Chen; O. semicastrata f. litchiifolia F. C. How; O. semicastrata f. pallida F. C. How.
Trees evergreen; up to 14 m. Bark of stems brown; lenticels convex with irregular cracks. Branchlets yellowish pilose. Leaves imparipinnate; 18.5-24.5 cm; petiole; rachis; and petiolule appressed grayish brown pilose; rachis prolonged 1-2.4 cm below terminal leaflet; leaflets 3-9(-13); green or sometimes glaucous abaxially; ovate-oblong; elliptic; or lanceolate; 4-14.2 x 1-5.7 cm; leathery; glabrous on both surfaces; sometimes appressed pilose along midvein abaxially; base rounded or broadly to narrowly cuneate; apex acuminate or acute; obtuse or retuse; lateral veins 10 or 11 pairs; angled 60° with midvein; arcuate; inconspicuous. Panicles terminal; sometimes axillary; subequal to leaves; peduncle and pedicel densely appressed fulvous pilose. Flowers ca. 7 mm. Calyx broadly campanulate; 4-5 mm; teeth triangular; subequal; abaxially densely appressed fulvous tomentose; adaxially sparsely rusty brown pilose. Corolla white; ca. 2 x as long as calyx; standard suborbicular; ca. 4 x 4 mm; claw ca. 4 mm; wings linear-oblanceolate; ca. 4.5 x 2 mm; claw ca. 4.5 mm; keel oblong; ca. 4 x 2 mm; claw ca. 2 mm. Stamens unequal; 5 developed; 5 shorter; reduced and without functional anthers. Ovary ovate; ovary sutures and lower style densely appressed fulvous pubescent; ovules 2. Legumes small; dark brown when dried; suborbicular; compressed; slightly swollen; leathery; 1.5-2 cm; apex shortly beaked; stipe 2-3 mm. Seed 1; red to red-brown; compressed laterally; ca. 9 x 9 x 6 mm; hilum ca. 2 mm. Fl. Apr-May; fr. Aug-Sep.
? Mixed forests; mountains; valleys; streamsides; roadsides; 100-1700 m. SE Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; SE Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; S Jiangxi.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fabaceae | Ormosia
9. Ormosia semicastrata Hance; J. Bot. 20: 78. 1882.
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Ormosia cathayensis L. Chen; O. semicastrata f. litchiifolia F. C. How; O. semicastrata f. pallida F. C. How.
Trees evergreen; up to 14 m. Bark of stems brown; lenticels convex with irregular cracks. Branchlets yellowish pilose. Leaves imparipinnate; 18.5-24.5 cm; petiole; rachis; and petiolule appressed grayish brown pilose; rachis prolonged 1-2.4 cm below terminal leaflet; leaflets 3-9(-13); green or sometimes glaucous abaxially; ovate-oblong; elliptic; or lanceolate; 4-14.2 x 1-5.7 cm; leathery; glabrous on both surfaces; sometimes appressed pilose along midvein abaxially; base rounded or broadly to narrowly cuneate; apex acuminate or acute; obtuse or retuse; lateral veins 10 or 11 pairs; angled 60° with midvein; arcuate; inconspicuous. Panicles terminal; sometimes axillary; subequal to leaves; peduncle and pedicel densely appressed fulvous pilose. Flowers ca. 7 mm. Calyx broadly campanulate; 4-5 mm; teeth triangular; subequal; abaxially densely appressed fulvous tomentose; adaxially sparsely rusty brown pilose. Corolla white; ca. 2 x as long as calyx; standard suborbicular; ca. 4 x 4 mm; claw ca. 4 mm; wings linear-oblanceolate; ca. 4.5 x 2 mm; claw ca. 4.5 mm; keel oblong; ca. 4 x 2 mm; claw ca. 2 mm. Stamens unequal; 5 developed; 5 shorter; reduced and without functional anthers. Ovary ovate; ovary sutures and lower style densely appressed fulvous pubescent; ovules 2. Legumes small; dark brown when dried; suborbicular; compressed; slightly swollen; leathery; 1.5-2 cm; apex shortly beaked; stipe 2-3 mm. Seed 1; red to red-brown; compressed laterally; ca. 9 x 9 x 6 mm; hilum ca. 2 mm. Fl. Apr-May; fr. Aug-Sep.
? Mixed forests; mountains; valleys; streamsides; roadsides; 100-1700 m. SE Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; SE Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; S Jiangxi.