破布叶 Microcos paniculata

  • Scientific Name: Microcos paniculata L.
  • Ref: Sp. Pl.:514. 1753
  • Synonyms: Arsis rugosa Lour.; Fallopia nervosa Lour.; Grewia affinis Lindl.; G. microcos L.; G. muenterii Walp.; G. nervosa (Lour.) Panigrahi; G. ulmifolia Roxb.; Microcos glabra Jack; M. mala Buch.-Ham.; M. nervosa (Lour.) S.Y.Hu
  • Chinese Common Name: 破布叶 pòbù∙yè, 布渣叶 bùzhā∙yè
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • Genus: Microcos
  • Distribution: Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan [Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam].
  • Photo: 06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden, Guangdong
Shrubs or small trees 3-12 m tall. Bark rough; branchlets hairy. Stipule filiform, lanceolate, 5-7 mm; petiole 1-1.5 cm, hairy; leaf blade ovate or oblong, 8-18 × 4-8 cm, thinly leathery, very sparsely stellate at first and glabrescent both abaxially and adaxially, basal veins 3, laterals more than 1/2 as long as leaf blade, base rounded, margin finely crenate, apex acuminate. Panicles terminal, 4-10 cm, stellate. Bracts lanceolate. Pedicel short. Sepals oblong, 5-7 mm, hairy abaxially. Petals oblong, 3-4 mm, hairy in proximal 1/2; glands ca. 2 mm. Stamens shorter than sepals. Ovary globose, glabrous. Drupe nearly globose or obovoid, ca. 1 cm; stipe short. Fl. Jun-Jul. (Flora of China)

06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden

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