高檐蒲桃 gao yan pu tao

Eugenia oblata Roxburgh, Fl. Ind., ed. 1832, 2: 493. 1832; Jambosa pulchella Miquel.

Trees, 12-20 m tall, d.b.h. to 40 cm. Branchlets dark brown when dry, terete. Petiole less than 1 cm; leaf blade elliptic to long elliptic, 9-12 × 4-6 cm, leathery, abaxially slightly colored when dry, adaxially grayish brown and dull or glossy when dry, abaxially with numerous small glands, adaxially with inconspicuous glands, midvein impressed, secondary veins numerous, 2-3 mm apart, and nearly extending horizontally, intramarginal veins less than 1 mm from margin, base rounded to broadly cuneate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences terminal or a few axillary, paniculate cymes, 4-7 cm, branched; peduncle short. Hypanthium obconic, 4-5 mm. Calyx lobes 4(or 5), shortly angular, ca. 1 × 2-3 mm. Petals 4, white, coherent, ovate, ca. 5 mm. Stamens longer than petals. Style nearly as long as stamens. Fruit globose, 1-1.5 cm in diam., 1-seeded; persistent calyx limb ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Nov-Jan.

Open to dense forests, mountain slopes, streamsides; 500-1000 m. Xizang (Cona), S Yunnan [Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam].