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金莲木Ochna integerrima (Lour.) Merr.

金莲木Ochna integerrima (Lour.) Merr.

别名:金连木;合柱金莲木;似梨木;

科名:金莲木科 Ochnaceae

属名:金莲木属 Ochna

《中国植物志》第49(2)卷303页
  1.金莲木(中国种子植物科属辞典)似梨木(种子植物名称)图版88:1-5
  Ochna integerrima (Lour.) Merr. in Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. new ser. 24 (2): 265. 1935; 海南植物志 1: 513. 1964; Kanis in Flora Malesiana 7 (1): 99-101. 1971; -Etaeocarpus integerrimus Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 338. 1790; ——Ochna harmandii Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 1: 706. fig. 75. 1-5. 1911; Merr. in Lingnan Sci. Journ. 5: 129. 1927.
  落叶灌木或小乔木,高2-7米,胸径6-16厘米;小枝灰褐色,无毛,常有明显的环纹。叶纸质,椭圆形、倒卵状长圆形或倒卵状披针形,长8-19厘米,宽3-5.5厘米,顶端急尖或钝,基部阔楔形,边缘有小锯齿,无毛,中脉两面均隆起;叶柄长2-5毫米。花序近伞房状,长约4厘米,生于短枝的顶部;花直径达、3厘米,花柄长1.5-3厘米,近基部有关节;萼片长圆形,长1-1.4厘米,顶端钝,开放时外反,结果时呈暗红色;花瓣5片,有时7片,倒卵形,长1.3-2厘米,顶端钝或圆;雄蕊长0.9-1.2厘米,3轮排列,花丝宿存,长5-8毫米;子房10-12室,花柱圆柱形,柱头盘状,5-6裂。核果长10-12毫米,宽6-7毫米,顶端钝,基部微弯。花期3-4月,果期5-6月。
  产广东西南部(包括海南岛)和广西西南部(上思、扶绥)。生山谷石旁和溪边较湿润的空旷地方,海拔300-1400米。印度东北部、巴基斯坦东部、缅甸、泰国、马来西亚北部、柬埔寨和越南南部也有。模式标本采自缅甸。

《Flora of China》 Vol. 12 (2007)
Ochna integerrima  (Loureiro) Merrill
金莲木   jin lian mu
Elaeocarpus integerrimus Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 1: 338. 1790 ["integerrima"]; Ochna harmandii Lecomte.
Small trees or shrubs, 2-7 m tall, 6-16 cm d.b.h., deciduous. Branchlets gray-brown, glabrous. Stipules 2-7 mm, soon deciduous; petiole 2-5 mm; leaf blade elliptical, obovate-oblong, or obovate-lanceolate, 7-19 × 3-5.5 cm, base broadly cuneate, margin serrate, apex acute or obtuse; midvein prominent on both surfaces. Inflorescence corymbose, ca. 4 cm, on short branchlets. Flowers ca. 3 cm in diam., on 1.5-3 cm pedicels.
Sepals oblong, 1-1.4 cm, apex obtuse, reflexed during anthesis, red in fruit. Petals 5(or 7), ovate, 1.3-2 cm, apex obtuse or rounded. Stamens 3-whorled, 0.9-1.2 cm; filaments 5-8 mm. Ovary 10-12-locular; style terete; stigma slightly lobed. Drupes 10-12 × 6-7 mm, base slightly curved, apex obtuse. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. May-Jun.
Rocky valley sides, wet areas by streams; 300-1400 m. SW Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan [Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam].
This species is found mainly in deciduous forests in SE Asia. The root can be used as a cathartic for treating worms and as a medicine for treating lymphatic disorders. It is also grown for decorative purposes.

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