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单叶豆Ellipanthus glabrifolius Merr.

单叶豆Ellipanthus glabrifolius Merr.

别名:知荆;鬼荔枝;

科名:牛栓藤科 Connaraceae

属名:单叶豆属 Ellipanthus

《中国植物志》第38卷148页
  1. 单叶豆 知荆、鬼荔枝(广东)图版28: 1-4
  Ellipanthus glabrifolius Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 23:246. 1923; Schellenb. in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 103: 183. 1938;中国高等植物图鉴2: 319. 图2368. 1972; 陈焕镛等, 海南植物志3: 110. f. 606. 1974.
  灌木或乔木,高4-10米,有高至25米者;树皮灰褐色,枝与小枝为圆柱形,枝幼时被锈色短绒毛,后脱落无毛。单叶互生,叶薄革质,长圆形或长圆状披针形,长7-14厘米,宽2.5-4.5厘米,先端渐尖或短尖,基部圆形,全缘,两面无毛,侧脉4-7对,细脉网状明显;叶柄长1-2厘米,两端稍膨大。圆锥花序或聚伞花序,腋生或顶生,花序少分枝,长1.5-5厘米,被淡黄色短绒毛;花两性,萼片5,卵状披针形,长2毫米,外被短绒毛,花瓣5,白色,长圆状披针形,长6-7毫米,两面被短绒毛;雄蕊10,5枚发育,5枚极退化,花药淡棕色,花丝被长柔毛;心皮1,扁卵形,被长柔毛,1室。蓇葖果卵形,长12-20毫米,有喙,密被锈色绒毛;种子1,长1.5毫米,深褐色,稍有光泽,基部为2裂的假种皮所包围。花期10月至翌年3月,果期7月。
  产广东海南岛。生于低海拔山地密林中,为季雨林中常见树种,又是海南特有种。
  树皮含有鞣质,可提取栲胶。木材质坚重、耐腐,可作家具和建筑用材。

《Flora of China》 Vol. 9 (2003)
Ellipanthus glabrifolius  Merrill
单叶豆   dan ye dou
Shrubs climbing or trees, 4–10(–25) m tall. Bark gray-brown. Branchlets terete, minutely ferrugineous tomentose when young, later glabrescent. Leaves 1-foliolate; petiole 1–2 cm, slightly inflated at both ends, glabrous; leaf blade oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 7–14 × 2.5–4.5 cm, thinly leathery, glabrous on both surfaces, veins prominent abaxially, lateral veins 4–7-paired, base rounded, margin entire, apex acuminate or shortly pointed. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, paniculate or glomerulate-racemose, 1.5–5 cm; rachis and pedicels minutely yellowish tomentose. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, 2–3 mm, shortly tomentose abaxially. Petals 5, white, oblong-lanceolate, 6–7 mm, shortly tomentose on both surfaces. Stamens ca. 10, unequal, 5 opposite sepals well developed, 5 opposite petals abortive; filaments villous; anthers bright brown. Carpel 1, compressed ovoid, 1-celled, villous. Follicle ovoid, 12–20 mm, densely ferrugineous tomentose, apex beaked. Seed 1, dark brown, slightly glossy, ca. 1.5 mm, base covered by 2-lobed aril. Fl. Oct–Mar, fr. Jul of following year.
Dense mountain forests; Low elevations. Hainan.

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