Chunia
Sign in to saveChunia bucklandioides is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Hamamelidaceae. It is a tree native to Hainan and northern Vietnam. It is the sole species in genus Chunia.
Species
Genus
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHydrozoa
- OrderSiphonophorae
- FamilyAbylidae
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- Parent taxon
- Hamamelidaceae
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- taxon name
- Chunia
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- taxon common name
- 山铜材属
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Chunia bucklandioides is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Hamamelidaceae. It is a tree native to Hainan and northern Vietnam. It is the sole species in genus Chunia.
It is a medium-sized tree, growing up to 30 meters tall with a trunk up to 50 cm in diameter. It has scabrous dark brown bark with gray patches. Leaves are alternate and vary in size and shape, from simple to three-lobed, with ovate and deltoid to subcordate leaf blades 9 to 15 cm long by 8 to 13 cm wide. Inflorescences are spicate and terminal with 12 to 16 bisexual flowers absent sepals and petals, and enclosed by two caducous bract-like stipules. It flowers from December to February and fruits from March to June.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chunia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.