洛氏喜树 luo shi xi shu

Trees deciduous, to 20 m high, ca. 1.2 m in diam. Bark light gray, smooth when young, deeply furrowed when mature. Leaf blade abaxially greenish and lucid, cordate or ovate, 12-19

× 7-10 cm, slightly pubescent, lateral veins 14-18 pairs, margin entire. Bracts 1.5-2 mm. Petals 1.2-1.5 mm. Fruit 2 or 3, thinly winged, gray-brown, 2.5-3.5 cm × 5-7 mm, smooth and lucid when dry. Seed 1, cotyledons lanceolate, 2-4 × ca. 1 cm, pinniveined, with 6-8 lateral veins on each side. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Sep-Dec.

● Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan.