桂木 Artocarpus nitidus subsp. lingnanensis

  • Scientific Name: Artocarpus nitidus subsp. lingnanensis (Merr.) F. M. Jarrett
  • Ref: J. Arnold Arbor. 41:124. 1960
  • Synonyms: Artocarpus lingnanensis Merr.; A. parvus Gagnep.; A. sampor Gagnep.
  • Chinese Common Name: 桂木 guìmù, 红桂木 hóngguìmù
  • Family: Moraceae
  • Genus: Artocarpus
  • Distribution: Mixed forests. Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, S Hunan, S Yunnan [cultivated in Cambodia, Thailand, and N Vietnam].
  • Photo: 06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden, Guangdong
Trees to 17 m tall. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 7-15 × 3-7 cm, thinly leathery, base cuneate to ± rounded, margin entire or irregularly shallowly toothed, apex mucronate to caudate; secondary veins 6-10 on each side of midvein, adaxially prominent. Male inflorescences capitate, obovoid, or oblong, 2.5-12 × 2.7-7 mm. Peduncle of female inflorescences 1.5-5 mm. Male flowers: calyx lobes 2-4, basally connate for 0.5-0.7 mm. Fruiting syncarp red when mature, brown when dry, ± globose, with coarse pubescence. (Flora of China)

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