假苹婆Sterculia lanceolata

中文名Chinese Name):假苹婆
学名Scientific Name):Sterculia lanceolata Cav.
英文名English Common Name):
别名Chinese Common Name):鸡冠木
异名Synonym):Helicteres undulata Lour.  Sterculia balansae DC. 
科属Family & Genus):梧桐科(Sterculiaceae)苹婆属
形态特征Description):乔木,小枝幼时被毛。叶椭圆形、披针形或椭圆状披针形,长9-20厘米,宽3.5-8厘米,顶端急尖,基部钝形或近圆形,上面无毛,下面几无毛,侧脉每边7-9条,弯拱,在近叶缘不明显连结;叶柄长2.5-3.5厘米。圆锥花序腋生,长4-10厘米,密集且多分枝;花淡红色,萼片5枚,仅于基部连合,向外开展如星状,矩圆状披针形或矩圆状椭圆形,顶端钝或略有小短尖突,长4-6毫米,外面被短柔毛,边缘有缘毛;雄花的雌雄蕊柄长2-3毫米,弯曲,花药约10个;雌花的子房圆球形,被毛,花柱弯曲,柱头不明显5裂。蓇葖果鲜红色,长卵形或长椭圆形,长5-7厘米,宽2-2.5厘米,顶端有喙,基部渐狭,密被短柔毛;种子黑褐色,椭圆状卵形,直径约1厘米。每果有种子2-4个。花期4-6月。
分布(Distribution):产广东、广西、云南、贵州和四川,在华南山野间很常见,喜生于山谷溪旁。缅甸、泰国、越南、老挝也有分布。
用途(Use):本种的茎皮纤维可作麻袋的原料,也可造纸;种子可食用,也可榨油。
引自中国植物志英文版:FOC Vol. 12 Page 305, 309, 310
Sterculia lanceolata Cavanilles, Diss. 5: 287. 1788.
假苹婆 jia ping po| Sterculiaceae  | Sterculia
?Helicteres undulata Loureiro; Sterculia balansae Aug. Candolle.
Trees. Branchlets at first pilose. Petiole 2.5-3.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic, lanceolate, or elliptic-lanceolate, 9-20 × 3.5-8 cm, abaxially nearly glabrous, adaxially glabrous, lateral veins 7-9 on each side of midrib, curved upward, connected near margin, base obtuse or nearly rounded, apex acute. Inflorescence paniculate, 4-10 cm, densely many-branched. Calyx reddish, divided almost to base, pubescent abaxially, lobes oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, 4-6 mm, stellately spreading, margins ciliate, apex obtuse or minutely mucronate. Male flowers: androgynophore 2-3 mm, curved. Anthers ca. 10. Female flowers: ovary globose, hairy. Style curved; stigma minutely 5-lobed. Follicle red when fresh, narrowly ovoid or ellipsoid, 5-7 × 2-2.5 cm, 2-4-seeded, densely puberulent, base attenuate, apex beaked. Seeds black-brown, ellipsoid-ovoid, ca. 1 cm. Fl. Apr-Jun.
Usually near streams. Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, S Sichuan, Yunnan [Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].
This species is the most widely distributed member of the genus in the Flora area. The bark fiber is used for making bags and paper.
 假苹婆Sterculia lanceolata

假苹婆Sterculia lanceolata

假苹婆Sterculia lanceolata

假苹婆Sterculia lanceolata
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