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Shrubs 1-2 m or more tall. Bark dark brown; branches reddish or grayish brown, terete, glabrous. Leaves opposite or alternate; petiole 1-2 mm, glabrous; leaf blade green to brownish green adaxially, greenish white abaxially, ovate or ovate-elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 3-6(-8.5) × 1.2-2.5(-4) cm, membranous to papery, both surfaces glabrous, base cuneate, subrounded, apex acuminate; lateral veins 6-13 pairs, slender. Inflorescences terminal, shortly racemose, often pendulous, 3-8-flowered; peduncle 0.7-3 cm, slender, glabrous. Pedicel 0.5-2 mm. Calyx yellowish green or pinkish; tube (10-)13-16 mm, base slightly inflated, exterior glabrous; lobes 4, elliptic, ca. 3 mm. Stamens 8, lower whorl inserted above middle of calyx tube, upper whorl at throat; filaments ca. 0.5 mm; anthers linear, 1.5-2 mm. Disk scales 2, each divided by a septum, so appearing like 4 scales, ca. 1 mm. Ovary obovoid, ca. 1.5 mm, stipitate, apex pubescent; style very short; stigma capitate. Drupe dark red, ellipsoid, 6-7 × ca. 4.5 mm. Fl. spring-early summer, fr. summer-autumn.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 13: 216, 220, 221, 229 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan [Vietnam].
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Flora of China Vol. 13: 216, 220, 221, 229 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Habitat

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Forests, shrubby slopes, valleys, roadsides; 300-1500(-1700) m.
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Flora of China Vol. 13: 216, 220, 221, 229 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Wikstroemia nutans

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Wikstroemia nutans is a shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae. It is native to Taiwan and China, specifically Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Guangdong.[2]

Description

The shrub grows from 1 to 2 m tall. Its branches are a reddish or grayish-brown color, and its drupes are dark red. It flowers from spring through early summer, and bears fruit from summer through autumn. It is often found in forests, shrubby slopes, valleys, and roadsides at altitudes of 300 to 1500 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Wikstroemia nutans". Tropicos. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Wikstroemia nutans". eFloras. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
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Wikstroemia nutans: Brief Summary

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Wikstroemia nutans is a shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae. It is native to Taiwan and China, specifically Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Guangdong.

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