多萼核果茶 duo e he guo cha

Tutcheria multisepala Merrill & Chun, Sunyatsenia 2: 41. 1934; Parapyrenaria hainanensis Hung T. Chang; P. multisepala (Merrill & Chun) Hung T. Chang; Pyrenaria multisepala (Merrill & Chun) H. Keng.

Trees 7-12 m tall. Petiole 6-8 mm; leaf blade oblong to oblanceolate, 9-14 × 2.5-4.5 cm, leathery, abaxially silvery gray sericeous when young but glabrescent, adaxially yellowish green when dry, shiny, and glabrous, secondary veins 9-11 on each side of midvein, abaxially raised, and adaxially visible, base cuneate, margin undulate-serrate, apex acute and with an obtuse tip. Flowers axillary, solitary, 3.5-4.5 cm in diam., subsessile. Bracteole 2, reniform, ca. 2 × 3.5 mm, outside appressed pubescent, inside glabrous. Sepals 8-10, outside sericeous; outer sepals reniform, 5-7 × 6-8 mm; inner sepals broadly ovate, 0.8-1 × 1-1.2 cm. Petals 8-10, yellow, broadly ovate to obovate, 1.2-2 cm, apex emarginate. Stamens numerous, ca. 1 cm. Ovary tomentose, 3-loculed; style 0.9-1.2 cm, sericeous, apically 3-lobed. Fruit drupaceous, ovoid, 3-3.5 × 2-2.5 cm, 3-loculed with 1-3 seeds per locule, indehiscent; pericarp 5-6 mm thick, sericeous. Seeds compressed, oblong, shiny. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Oct-Dec. 2n = 30*.

● Forests; 800-1000 m. Hainan.

Pyrenaria jonquieriana subsp. jonquieriana occurs in Laos.