银钟花 Halesia macgregorii

  • Scientific Name: Halesia macgregorii Chun
  • Ref: J. Arnold Arbor. 6:144. 1925
  • Chinese Common Name: 银钟花 yínzhōng∙huā, 假杨桃 jiǎ∙yángtáo
  • Japanese Common Name: ギンショウ [銀鐘] ginshō
  • Family: Styracaceae
  • Genus: Halesia
  • Distribution: Damp shades areas on slopes, at forest edges; 700–1200 m. NW Fukien, N Guangdong, N Guangxi, S Guizhou, SW Hunan, S Jiangxi, Zhejiang.
  • Photo: Baishanzu, Zhejiang
Trees to 24 m tall. Trunk to 45 cm d.b.h. Branchlets purple-brown. Petiole 5--10 cm; leaf blade elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 5--13 X 3--4.5 cm, abaxially greenish, pubescent when young, and glabrescent, adaxially green and glabrous, base cuneate to rounded, margin serrate, apex slightly curved and acuminate to shortly acuminate, secondary veins 10--24 pairs, tertiary veins reticulate. Pedicel 5--8 mm, slender. Flowers often pendulous, ca. 1.5 cm. Calyx tube obconical, ca. 3 mm; teeth deltoid-lanceolate. Corolla tube 1--1.5 cm; lobes 4, 10--12 X ca. 8 mm, ciliate. Stamens 8, 4 long and 4 short, 1.2--1.9 cm. Style longer than corolla. Drupe yellowish to brownish-red, ellipsoid to ovate, 2.5--4 X 2--3 cm. Seeds brown. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Jul-Oct. (Flora of China)

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