Meliosma yunnanensis Franch., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33: 465 (1886) (syn: Meliosma acuminata Hook.f. ; Meliosma fischeriana Rehder & E.H.Wilson ; Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. yunnanensis (Franch.) Beusekom; Meliosma yunnanensis var. fischeriana (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) C.Y.Chang);
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Himalaya to S. Central China and N. Myanmar: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO;
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Trees, up to 20 m tall, evergreen. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole ca. 2-4 cm, stout; lamina ca. 18-37 x 7-16 cm, obovate-oblong or obovate-elliptic, attenuate to cuneate at base, acute to acuminate at apex, margin sparsely serrate at and above middle, coriaceous, abaxially densely lanuginous, adaxially pubescent on midvein and lateral veins; secondary nerves 16-20 pairs, ascending and arched to margin, upper ones running into teeth. Inflorescences in terminal panicle ca.30 cm, branched; Flowers ca. 2 mm, sessile; sepals 5, ca. 1-1.2 mm, ovate to broadly ovate, abaxially pubescent, ciliate, with 4 or 5 bracts outside; petals light yellow: 3 outer ones suborbicular, ca. 1.5 mm in diam.; 2 inner ones ca. 1 mm, bifid to half at an obtuse angle; lobes subovate, ciliate; fertile stamens ca. 1.2 mm; disk very shallow, acutely 5-toothed; pistil ca. 1-1.2 mm; ovary ovoid, glabrous; style shorter than ovary. Drupe ca. 0.7-0.8 cm in diam.; compressed-globose, endocarp subrounded, slightly oblique, irregularly distinctly projecting, midrib prominent.
Evergreen broad-leaved forests
(Attributions: French Institute of Pondicherry as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life WFO Flora of China Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal India Flora Online India Biodiversity Portal Trees and shrubs Online
