Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Padus
10. Padus obtusata (Koehne) T. T. Yu & T. C. Ku; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 38: 101. 1986.
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Prunus obtusata Koehne in Sargent; Pl. Wilson. 1: 66. 1911; Padus brachypoda (Batalin) C. K. Schneider var. pubigera C. K. Schneider; Prunus ohwii Kanehira & Hatusima; P. pubigera (C. K. Schneider) Koehne; P. pubigera var. longifolia Cardot; P. pubigera var. obovata Koehne; P. pubigera var. ohwii (Kanehira & Hatusima ex Kanehira) S. S. Ying; P. pubigera var. potaninii Koehne; P. pubigera var. prattii Koehne; P. vaniotii H. Léveillé; P. vaniotii var. obovata (Koehne) Rehder; P. vaniotii var. potaninii (Koehne) Rehder.
Trees 6–20 m tall. Branches purplish brown to dark brown; glabrous; with sparse lenticels; branchlets reddish brown when young; pubescent or glabrous. Winter buds ovoid; glabrous. Stipules linear; margin glandular serrate; apex acuminate. Petiole 1–2.2 cm; pubescent or glabrous; apex usually with a nectary on either side; leaf blade narrowly oblong; elliptic; or obovate; 4.5–11 x 2–4.5 cm; both surfaces glabrous; abaxially pale green; adaxially dark green; base subrounded; broadly cuneate; or rarely subcordate; margin crenulate; apex acute; acuminate; or rarely obtuse; midvein and secondary veins abaxially prominent. Racemes 10–15 cm; many-flowered; basally with 2 leaves; peduncle pubescent. Flowers 8–10 mm in diam. Pedicel 3–7 mm; pubescent. Hypanthium campanulate; outside pubescent. Sepals triangular-ovate; soon caducous; outside subglabrous; margin crenulate; apex acute. Petals white; suborbicular to oblong; base cuneate and shortly clawed; margin apically erose or undulate. Stamens many. Ovary glabrous. Style slightly shorter than stamens; stigma discoid. Drupe black; ovoid-globose; 6–8 mm in diam.; glabrous. Fl. May–Jun; fr. Jul–Sep.
Mixed forests on slopes; valleys; stream sides; 800--3600 m. Anhui; S Gansu; Guizhou; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Shaanxi; Shanxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang.