Markéta Teodoridu:
Elaeocarpaceae | Sloanea
13. Sloanea hemsleyana (T. Itô) Rehder & E. H. Wilson in Sargent; Pl. Wilson. 2: 361. 1915.
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Echinocarpus hemsleyanus T. Itô; J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 12: 349. 1899; Sloanea chengfengensis Hu; S. hanceana Hemsley; S. hemsleyana var. yunnanica Coode.
Trees to 25 m tall; terminal buds yellow-brown puberulent. Branches dark brown when dry; lenticels present; branchlets glabrous. Leaves fascicled at twig apices; petiole 1-2.5(-3.5) cm; glabrous; leaf blade variable; usually narrowly obovate or oblanceolate; rarely ovate; 10-15(-20) x 3-5(-7) cm; thinly leathery; glabrous; abaxially rarely pubescent in vein axils only; lateral veins 7-9 per side; base narrow and obtuse; rarely slightly cordate; margin irregularly crenulate; apex acute or acuminate. Flowers terminal in raceme; peduncle and pedicels puberulent. Sepals 4; ovate; 6-7 mm; both surfaces puberulent. Petals white; both surfaces puberulent; ca. as long as sepals or slightly longer; 6- or 7-incised at apices. Stamens ca. 92; ca. as long as petals; filaments 1-2.5 mm; puberulent; anthers ca. 5 mm; puberulent; awn 1-2 mm. Ovary brown tomentose; style extending beyond stamens; 5-6 mm. Disk cushion-shaped. Capsule variable in size; (3 or)4- or 5(or 6)-valved; valves 2.5-5 cm; 3-5 mm thick; endocarp purple-red or yellow-brown; prickles 1-2 cm; stipe of capsule 2.5-6 cm; usually robust. Seeds black-brown; shiny; 1.2-1.5 cm; lower 1/2 enclosed by yellow aril. Fl. Jul; fr. unknown.
? Evergreen forests; 1100-1400 m. Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Sichuan; Yunnan.