金莲木 Ochna integerrima

  • Scientific Name: Ochna integerrima (Lour.) Merr.
  • Ref: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 24(2):11, 265 1935
  • Synonym: Elaeocarpus integerrimus Lour.; Ochna harmandii (Tiegh.) Lecomte
  • English Common Name: yellow Mai
  • Chinese Common Name: 金莲木 jīnlián∙mù, 桂叶黄梅 guìyè huángméi, 似梨木 sìlí∙mù
  • Family: Ochnaceae
  • Genus: Ochna
  • Distribution: Rocky valley sides, wet areas by streams; 300-1400 m. SW Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan [Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam].
  • Photo: 06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden, Guangdong
Small trees or shrubs, 2-7 m tall, 6-16 cm d.b.h., deciduous. Branchlets gray-brown, glabrous. Stipules 2-7 mm, soon deciduous; petiole 2-5 mm; leaf blade elliptical, obovate-oblong, or obovate-lanceolate, 7-19 × 3-5.5 cm, base broadly cuneate, margin serrate, apex acute or obtuse; midvein prominent on both surfaces. Inflorescence corymbose, ca. 4 cm, on short branchlets. Flowers ca. 3 cm in diam., on 1.5-3 cm pedicels. Sepals oblong, 1-1.4 cm, apex obtuse, reflexed during anthesis, red in fruit. Petals 5(or 7), ovate, 1.3-2 cm, apex obtuse or rounded. Stamens 3-whorled, 0.9-1.2 cm; filaments 5-8 mm. Ovary 10-12-locular; style terete; stigma slightly lobed. Drupes 10-12 × 6-7 mm, base slightly curved, apex obtuse. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. May-Jun. (Flora of China)

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