Vasilis Teodoridis:
Pittosporaceae | Pittosporum
37. Pittosporum daphniphylloides Hayata; J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo. 30(1): 34. 1911.
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Shrubs or small trees; 2–5(–8) m tall. Young branchlets stout; glabrous; old ones red-brown; small-lenticellate. Leaves clustered at branchlet apex; biennial; petiole 1.5–3 cm; subterete; leaf blade pale green abaxially; green or dark green and shiny adaxially; brownish after drying; oblong or elliptic; rarely obovate-oblong; 10–20 x 4–8 cm; thinly or thickly leathery; glabrous abaxially; lateral veins 9–12-paired; convex abaxially; visible or prominent adaxially; reticulate veins convex abaxially; slightly concave adaxially; base cuneate or broadly so; decurrent; margin flat; reflexed after drying; apex acute or acuminate. Inflorescences 3–7; in leaf axils at branchlet apex; compoundly corymbose; many branched; 4–6 cm; pubescent; primary peduncle very short or absent; secondary ones 3–4.5 cm; tertiary ones 0.8-1.3 cm; bracts lanceolate; 2–3 mm; pubescent; deciduous; pedicels 2–7 mm. Sepals free or connate only at base; ovate or broadly so; unequal; 1.2–2 mm; pubescent abaxially; margin ciliate; apex subacute. Petals free; yellow; narrowly oblong; 6–7.5 mm; apex subobtuse. Stamens ca. 5 mm. Pistils equaling stamens; ovary glabrous; placentas 2(or 3); parietal; ovules ca. 24; style ca. 2 mm. Capsule globose or subglobose; slightly compressed; 6–10 mm in diam.; dehiscing by 2 valves; pericarp thinly woody; horizontally striate adaxially; placentas exserted in middle part of valves; stipe distinct or very short; persistent style slender; ca. 1.5 mm. Seeds 10–23; red; black after drying; angular; ca. 2 mm; funicle very short. Fl. Mar–Jun; fr. Jun–Dec.
Forests; thickets; valleys; ravines; slopes; cliffs; dry places; 500--2500 m. N Guizhou; SW Hubei; NW Hunan; S and W Sichuan; Taiwan.
37b. Pittosporum daphniphylloides var. adaphniphylloides (Hu & F. T. Wang) W. T. Wang; Bull. Bot. Res.; Harbin. 9(1): 4. 1989.
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Pittosporum adaphniphylloides H. H. Hu & F. T. Wang; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol.; n.s.; 1: 101. 1943.
Leaf blade thickly leathery. Seeds 17–23.
Forests; valleys; ravines; slopes; cliffs; dry places; 500--1500 m. N Guizhou; SW Hubei; NW Hunan; S and W Sichuan