Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Photinia
6. Photinia glabra (Thunberg) Maximowicz; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg; sér. 3. 19: 178. 1874.
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Crataegus glabra Thunberg in Murray; Syst. Veg.; ed. 14; 465. 1784.
Trees evergreen; 3–5 m tall; rarely to 7 m tall. Branchlets brown to grayish brown when young; grayish black when old; glabrous; with scattered brownish black orbicular lenticels; buds narrowly ovate; 3–5 mm; apex acuminate; rarely acute; scales dark brown; glabrous. Petiole 1–1.5 cm; glabrous; leaf blade initially reddish; elliptic; oblong; or oblong-obovate; 5–9 x 2–4 cm; thickly leathery; veins 10–18 pairs; both surfaces glabrous; base cuneate; margin with sparse; shallowly crenulate teeth; apex acuminate. Compound corymbs terminal; 6–11 x 7–12 cm; numerous flowered; rachis and pedicels glabrous. Pedicel 5–8 mm. Flowers 7–8 mm in diam. Hypanthium cupular; abaxially glabrous. Sepals triangular; 1–1.5 mm; apex acute. Petals white; obovate; 2–3 mm; adaxially white tomentose near base; base shortly clawed; margin revolute; apex obtuse. Stamens 20; nearly as long as or slightly shorter than petals. Ovary pilose apically; styles 2; rarely 3; basally free or connate; stigma capitate. Fruit red; obovate or ovoid; ca. 5 mm; glabrous. Fl. Apr–May; fr. Sep–Oct.
Slopes; mixed forests; 500--800 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan; Myanmar; Thailand].