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Bretschneidera sinensis Hemsl.wfo-0000410969

Hook. Ic. Plant. 8: tab. 2708. 1901; Hand.-Mazz., Sumb. Sin. 7: 373. 1931; Chun, Sunyatsenia 1: 265. 1934; Merr., Journ. Arnold Arb. 19: 46. 1938; Gagnep. in Fl. Gén. I.-C. Suppl. 1: 1001. Fig. 129. 1950; Chen Wei–qiu, Fl. Reip. Pop. Sin 34(1): 8. 1984; Santisuk, Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 37(2): 173. Figs. 1–7. 1989.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Tree, up to 25 m high; bark smooth, greyish; twigs lenticellate; young shoots, leaf rachis and inflorescences axis puberulous to pubescent. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, 30–80 cm long; stipules very early caducous; leaflets sessile or shortly petiolulate, 4–8 pairs; opposite or subopposite; membranous, lanceolate–oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 8–25 by 2.5–6 cm; glabrous on both surfaces or slightly hairy on midrib; flower surface glaucous; base cuneate to rounded; unequal sided, except on the terminal leaflet; apex acute to acuminate; lateral veins 10–15 pairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, up to 40 cm long. Flowers showy, pink, 3.5–4 cm long, 3.5–4 cm diam.; pedicels 2–3 cm long, puberulous. Calyx large, campanulate, teeth shallow, ca 2 cm long; pubescent on both surfaces. Petals all similar, concave; broadly obovate to suborbicular, 1.8–2 by 1.8–2 cm; apex rounded; base cuneate and gradually, narrowing into the claw; claw about half as long as the petal. Stamens 8, filaments stout, terete, 2.5–3 cm long; pubescent, close together in fine group; all declining towards the upper side of the flower and curved downwards. Ovary broadly, ellipsoid to globular, 3–4 mm long; sessile, pubescent; style 3.5–4 cm long. Fruit spindle-shaped, 4 cm long, dehiscent; the valves 1.5–2 cm wide. Seeds ellipsoid, one to two in each valve, ca 20 by 12 mm.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Nan (Doi Phu Kha NP, 1,500 m alt., Santisuk 6915 -BKF).

Distribution : China (Human, Gweizhou, Guangdong and Yunnan – type), Vietnam (Tonkin).

Ecology : In flower montane forests, at 1,500 m alt.

Vernacular : Chom phu phu kha (ชมพูภูคา).