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1. Celastrus hindsii Benth.wfo-0000592744

Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 334. 1851; Pit. in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 1: 892. 1912; Tardieu in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine Suppl.: 802. 1948; Ding Hou, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 42: 249, fig. 7, map 2/10. 1955; in Steenis, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 6: 236. 1963; J.S.Ma, Z.X.Zhang, Q.R.Liu, H.Peng & Funston in Z.Y.Wu, P.H.Raven & D.Y.Hong, Fl. China 11: 473. 2008.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Lianas, young branchlets glabrous, light green, smooth, usually lacking lenticels. Leaves usually coriaceous, elliptic or obovate, sometimes broadly elliptic, 5–14 by 2–5.5 cm, base cuneate, obtuse or rounded, apex abruptly acute or acute, margin usually serrulate; nerves 6–9 per side, veins and veinlets almost always distinctly elevated and densely reticulate on both surfaces; petiole 5–10 mm long. Inflorescences axillary as well as terminal, cymose, up to 7 cm long, usually 3–5-flowered, sometimes only 1-flowered; pedicels obsolete or very short, rarely up to 4 mm long. Flowers greenish. Calyx lobes semi-orbiculate, ca 1.5 mm long, shortly ciliate, sometimes erose. Petals oblong or obovate, 2–5 by 1.3–2.5 mm, ciliate. Disk cupular. Fertile stamens ca 2.5 mm long; sterile ones smaller in female flowers. Pistil flask-like, ca 2 mm long; pistillode in male flowers ca 1.5 mm long. Fruits broad-ovoid or subglobose, 8–11 by 7–9 mm, usually 1-seeded. Seeds broadly ellipsoid, 5–8 by ca 5 mm.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Doi Chang), Phrae (Mae Krai); EASTERN: Chaiyaphum (Thung Kamang), Nakhon Ratchasima (Khao Laem – type of Celastrus approximata: Kerr 9941, Klang Dong).

Distribution : India, Myanmar, China (type from Hong Kong), Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan.

Ecology : In evergreen forests, (350–)800–1,100 m alt.