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Chinese redtip, stranvaesia

Habit Plants 10–80 dm.
Leaves

persistent;

petiole 12–20 mm, pilose, gradually glabrescent;

blade elliptic to oblong or oblong-lanceolate, (3–)5–12 × 2–4.5 cm, coriaceous, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire, lateral veins 8–16 pairs, inconspicuous, apex acute or abruptly pointed, surfaces villous along abaxial midvein, otherwise glabrous.

Inflorescences

with 8 laterals of 1st order, 5–10 cm diam., pendulous in fruit.

Pedicels

without lenticels.

Flowers

5–10 mm diam.;

petals suborbiculate, 4–7 mm, glabrous.

Photinia davidiana var. davidiana

Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun; fruiting Nov–Apr.
Habitat Bird-sown weed in thickets, open or disturbed forests, beaches, rarely epiphytic
Elevation 0–150 m (0–500 ft)
Distribution
Asia (China, Malaysia, North Vietnam, Taiwan) [Introduced, Wash.; introduced also in Europe, Pacific Islands (Hawaii, New Zealand)]
Source FNA vol. 9, p. 491.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Photinia > Photinia davidiana
Name authority unknown
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