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1. Photinia integrifolia Lindl.wfo-0000990555

Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 13: 103. 1821; Craib, Fl. Siam. En. 1: 578. 1931; Vidal, Adansonia n. s. 5: 226. 1965, and in Fl. C.L.V. 6: 37. pl. 5. 1968.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Evergreen shrub or small tree quite glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate 8–12 by 3–4 cm, base cuneate, apex shortly acuminate, entire, glabrous; nerves 10–15 pairs with numerous and conspicuous intermediate veins. Petiole 10–30 mm long. Corymbs large, spreading, glabrous or pubescent. Pedicel very short (1–3 mm). Calyx lobes rounded. Petals white, ovate. Apex of the ovary densely pilose. Styles 2, free. Fruit globose, ± 5 mm in diameter, with calyx lobes inflexed at the top.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai; SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi.

Distribution : Central and eastern Himalaya: from Nepal (type) and Sikkim to Bhutan, Assam (Khasi Hills), Ceylon, S India, S China (Yunnan), N Vietnam, N Laos, Malay Archipelage (Sumatra, Java, Timor).

Ecology : In lower montane forests, ca 2,000 m alt. Flowering: May.