湖北海棠 Malus hupehensis

  • Scientific Name: Malus hupehensis (Pamp.) Rehder
  • Ref: J. Arnold Arbor. 14:207. 1933
  • Synonyms: Malus domestica var. hupehensis (Pamp.) Likhonos; M. theifera Rehder; Pyrus hupehensis Pamp.; P. theifera (Rehder) L.H.Bailey
  • English Common Name: Chinese crabapple, Hupeh crabapple, tea crabapple
  • Chinese Common Name: 湖北海棠 Húběi hǎitáng
  • Japanese Common Name: ツクシカイドウ [筑紫海棠] tsukushikaidō
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Genus: Malus
  • Distribution: Slopes, valley thickets; sea level to 2900 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Zhejiang.
  • Photo: 03/29/2016, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Trees to 8 m tall. Branchlets initially dark green, purple or purplish brown when old, terete, initially puberulous, glabrous when old; buds dark purple, ovoid; scales sparsely ciliate at margin. Stipules caducous, linear-lanceolate, 5–6 mm, herbaceous or membranous, sparsely pubescent, margin sparsely glandular denticulate, apex acuminate; petiole 1–3 cm, sparsely puberulous when young, glabrescent; leaf blade ovate or ovate-elliptic, 5–10 × 2.5–4 cm, sparsely puberulous when young, glabrescent, base broadly cuneate, rarely rounded, margin acutely serrulate, apex acuminate. Corymb 4–6 cm in diam., 4–6-flowered; bracts caducous, lanceolate, membranous, margin sparsely glandular serrate when young, apex acuminate. Pedicel 3–6 cm, sparsely villous when young, later glabrous. Flowers 3.5–4 cm diam. Hypanthium campanulate, adaxially glabrous or sparsely villous. Sepals triangular-ovate, 4–5 mm, ca. as long as or shorter than hypanthium, abaxially glabrous, adaxially pubescent, margin entire, apex acuminate or acute. Petals pink in bud, becoming white, obovate, ca. 1.5 cm, base shortly clawed, apex rounded. Stamens 20 unequal, ca. 1/2 as long as petals. Ovary 3- or 4-loculed, with 2 ovules per locule; styles 3(or 4), slightly longer than stamens, tomentose basally. Pome yellowish green, tinged red, ellipsoid or subglobose, ca. 1 cm in diam.; fruiting pedicel 3–6 cm, glabrous; sepals caducous; with a small scar at apex. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Aug–Sep. 2n = 51*, 68*. (Flora of China)

03/29/2016, Hangzhou, Zhejiang

03/29/2016, Hangzhou, Zhejiang

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