Distylium racemosum

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderSaxifragales
5. FamilyHamamelidaceae

Native toChina Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Vietnam

Observations recorded2,652

Shrubs or trees; young branches stellately lepidote, older growth drying dark brown, glabrous; buds lepidote. Petiole 5–10 mm, sparsely stellately lepidote; leaf blade elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 3–7 × 1.5–3.5 cm, abaxially glabrescent, adaxially drying green, shiny, base broadly cuneate, margin entire, apex obtuse or subacute; lateral veins 5 or 6 on each side, reticulate veins indistinct on both surfaces. Inflorescences 1.8–2 cm; peduncle glabrous. Floral bracts lanceolate, 2–3 mm. Stamen filaments 1.5–2 mm; anthers red, 2.5–3.5 mm. Ovary stellately tomentose; styles 6–7 mm. Fruiting pedicels less than 2 mm. Capsules 1–1.3 cm, stellately pubescent with brown hairs, apex acute. Seeds ovoid, 4–5 mm. Fl. Apr–Jun, fr. Jun–Aug.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

302

With media

227

Family

Hamamelidaceae

Collections

CHSC, CM, IND, MOR, US, MEL

Recorded in

United States, Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Distylium

Image

Distylium racemosum5.jpg

Has use

medicinal plant

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