Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Padus
7. Padus avium Miller; Gard. Dict.; ed. 8. Padus no. 1;. 1778.
?? chou li
Trees to 15 m tall. Branches purple to brownish gray; with pale lenticels; branchlets reddish brown. Winter buds ovoid; glabrous or with ciliate scale margins. Stipules linear; margin glandular serrate; apex acuminate. Petiole 1–1.5 cm; apically with 2 nectaries; leaf blade elliptic; oblong; or oblong-obovate; 4–10 x 2–4.5 cm; abaxially pale green; adaxially dark green; base rounded to broadly cuneate; margin irregularly and acutely serrate or sometimes biserrate; apex caudate. Racemes 7–10 cm; 7-or 8-flowered; basally with 1 or 2 leaves. Flowers 1–1.6 cm in diam. Pedicel 1–1.5(–2.4) cm. Hypanthium campanulate; outside glabrous. Sepals triangular-ovate; soon caducous; outside glabrous; margin glandular; apex acute to obtuse. Petals white; oblong; base shortly clawed. Stamens many. Ovary glabrous. Style 1/2 as long as stamens; stigma disc-shaped. Drupe reddish brown to black; ovoid-globose; 8–10 mm in diam.; smooth. Fl. Apr–Jun; fr. May–Oct.
Forests; forest margins; thickets; slopes; valleys; stream sides; 800--2700 m. Gansu; Hebei; Heilongjiang; Henan; Jilin; Liaoning; Nei Mongol; Qinghai; Shaanxi; Shandong; Shanxi; Xinjiang [Japan; Korea; Mongolia; Russia].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Padus
7. Padus avium Miller; Gard. Dict.; ed. 8. Padus no. 1;. 1778.
?? chou li
Trees to 15 m tall. Branches purple to brownish gray; with pale lenticels; branchlets reddish brown. Winter buds ovoid; glabrous or with ciliate scale margins. Stipules linear; margin glandular serrate; apex acuminate. Petiole 1–1.5 cm; apically with 2 nectaries; leaf blade elliptic; oblong; or oblong-obovate; 4–10 x 2–4.5 cm; abaxially pale green; adaxially dark green; base rounded to broadly cuneate; margin irregularly and acutely serrate or sometimes biserrate; apex caudate. Racemes 7–10 cm; 7-or 8-flowered; basally with 1 or 2 leaves. Flowers 1–1.6 cm in diam. Pedicel 1–1.5(–2.4) cm. Hypanthium campanulate; outside glabrous. Sepals triangular-ovate; soon caducous; outside glabrous; margin glandular; apex acute to obtuse. Petals white; oblong; base shortly clawed. Stamens many. Ovary glabrous. Style 1/2 as long as stamens; stigma disc-shaped. Drupe reddish brown to black; ovoid-globose; 8–10 mm in diam.; smooth. Fl. Apr–Jun; fr. May–Oct.
Forests; forest margins; thickets; slopes; valleys; stream sides; 800--2700 m. Gansu; Hebei; Heilongjiang; Henan; Jilin; Liaoning; Nei Mongol; Qinghai; Shaanxi; Shandong; Shanxi; Xinjiang [Japan; Korea; Mongolia; Russia].