Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Rhaphiolepis
1. Rhaphiolepis indica (Linnaeus) Lindley; Bot. Reg. 6: t. 468. 1820.
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Shrubs; rarely small trees; to 4 m tall. Branchlets purplish brown when young; grayish brown when old; terete; initially brown tomentose; glabrous when old. Petiole 0.5–1.8 cm or nearly absent; slightly brown tomentose or; subglabrous; stipules caducous; lanceolate; sparsely brown tomentose; apex acuminate; leaf blade ovate; oblong; rarely obovate; oblong-lanceolate; narrowly elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic; (2–)4–8 x 1.5–4 cm; leathery; veins prominent abaxially; reticulate veins conspicuous abaxially and conspicuous or not adaxially; abaxially pale; glabrous or sparsely tomentose; adaxially lustrous; glabrous; base attenuate; margin crenulate; serrate; or obtusely serrate; apex obtuse; acute; acuminate; or long caudate. Panicle or racemes terminal; many- or few flowered; peduncle and pedicels rusty tomentose; bracts and bractlets caducous; lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate; 2–7 mm; both surfaces initially brown tomentose; densely so at margin; soon glabrescent; apex acuminate. Pedicel 0.5–1.5 cm; initially brown tomentose; soon glabrescent. Flowers 1–1.3(–1.5) cm in diam. Hypanthium tubular; brown tomentose at margin and on both surfaces or glabrous. Sepals triangular-lanceolate or linear; 4.5–6 mm; both surfaces slightly brown tomentose or glabrous; apex acute. Petals white or pinkish; obovate or lanceolate; 5–7 x 4–5 mm; pubescent basally; apex obtuse. Stamens 15; ca. as long as or shorter than petals. Ovary glabrous; 2- or 3-loculed; with 2 ovules per locule; styles 2 or 3; connate at base; subglabrous. Pome purplish black; globose; 5–8 mm in diam.; glabrous; fruiting pedicel 5–10 mm; glabrous; sepals caducous; leaving an annular ring. Fl. Apr; fr. Jul–Aug.
Slopes; roadsides; thickets at stream sides; 700--1600 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; Jiangxi; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Cambodia; Japan; Laos; Thailand; Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Rhaphiolepis
1. Rhaphiolepis indica (Linnaeus) Lindley; Bot. Reg. 6: t. 468. 1820.
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Shrubs; rarely small trees; to 4 m tall. Branchlets purplish brown when young; grayish brown when old; terete; initially brown tomentose; glabrous when old. Petiole 0.5–1.8 cm or nearly absent; slightly brown tomentose or; subglabrous; stipules caducous; lanceolate; sparsely brown tomentose; apex acuminate; leaf blade ovate; oblong; rarely obovate; oblong-lanceolate; narrowly elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic; (2–)4–8 x 1.5–4 cm; leathery; veins prominent abaxially; reticulate veins conspicuous abaxially and conspicuous or not adaxially; abaxially pale; glabrous or sparsely tomentose; adaxially lustrous; glabrous; base attenuate; margin crenulate; serrate; or obtusely serrate; apex obtuse; acute; acuminate; or long caudate. Panicle or racemes terminal; many- or few flowered; peduncle and pedicels rusty tomentose; bracts and bractlets caducous; lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate; 2–7 mm; both surfaces initially brown tomentose; densely so at margin; soon glabrescent; apex acuminate. Pedicel 0.5–1.5 cm; initially brown tomentose; soon glabrescent. Flowers 1–1.3(–1.5) cm in diam. Hypanthium tubular; brown tomentose at margin and on both surfaces or glabrous. Sepals triangular-lanceolate or linear; 4.5–6 mm; both surfaces slightly brown tomentose or glabrous; apex acute. Petals white or pinkish; obovate or lanceolate; 5–7 x 4–5 mm; pubescent basally; apex obtuse. Stamens 15; ca. as long as or shorter than petals. Ovary glabrous; 2- or 3-loculed; with 2 ovules per locule; styles 2 or 3; connate at base; subglabrous. Pome purplish black; globose; 5–8 mm in diam.; glabrous; fruiting pedicel 5–10 mm; glabrous; sepals caducous; leaving an annular ring. Fl. Apr; fr. Jul–Aug.
Slopes; roadsides; thickets at stream sides; 700--1600 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; Jiangxi; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Cambodia; Japan; Laos; Thailand; Vietnam].