桐花树 Aegiceras corniculatum

中文名(Chinese Name):桐花树
学名(Scientific Name):Aegiceras corniculatum (Linn.) Blanco 
英文名(English Common Name):
别名(Chinese Common Name):黑脚梗、红蒴
异名(Synonym):Aegiceras majus Gaertn.  Rhizophora corniculata L.  Umbraculum corniculatum (L.) Kuntze  Aegiceras fragrans K.D.Koenig  Aegiceras malaspinaea A.DC.  Aegiceras obcordatum Steud.  Aegiceras obovatum Blume  Malaspinaea laurifolia C.Presl
科属Family & Genus):紫金牛科(Myrsinaceae)蜡烛果属
形态特征(Description):灌木或小乔木,高1.5-4米;小枝无毛,褐黑色。叶互生,于枝条顶端近对生,叶片革质,倒卵形、椭圆形或广倒卵形,顶端圆形或微凹,基部楔形,长3-10厘米,宽2-4.5厘米,全缘,边缘反卷,两面密布小窝点,叶面无毛,中脉平整,侧脉微隆起,背面密被微柔毛,中脉隆起,侧脉微隆起,侧脉7-11对;叶柄长5-10毫米。伞形花序,生于枝条顶端,无柄,有花10余朵;花梗长约1厘米,多少具腺点;花长约9毫米,花萼仅基部连合,长约5毫米,无毛,萼片斜菱形,不对称,顶端广圆形,薄,基部厚,全缘,紧包花冠;花冠白色,钟形,长约9毫米,管长3-4毫米,里面被长柔毛,裂片卵形,顶端渐尖,基部略不对称,长约5毫米,花时反折,花后全部脱落,子房为花萼紧包,露圆锥形花柱;雄蕊较花冠略短;花丝基部连合成管,与花冠管等长或略短,连合部位向花冠的一面被长柔毛,里面无毛,分离部分无毛;花药卵形或长卵形,与花丝几成丁字形;雌蕊与花冠等长,子房卵形,与花柱无明显的界线,连成一圆锥体。蒴果圆柱形,弯曲如新月形,顶端渐尖,长约6 (-8) 厘米,直径约5毫米;宿存萼紧包基部。花期12月至翌年1-2月,果期10-12月,有时花期4月,果期2月。
分布(Distribution):产广西、广东、福建及南海诸岛,生于海边潮水涨落的污泥滩上,为红树林组成树种之一;印度、中南半岛至菲律宾及澳大利亚南部等均有。
用途(Use):树皮含鞣质,可做提取栲胶原料;木材是较好的薪炭柴;组成的森林有防风、防浪作用。
引自中国植物志英文版:FOC Vol. 15 Page 9      
Aegiceras corniculatum (Linnaeus) Blanco, Fl. Filip. 79. 1837.
蜡烛果 la zhu guo| Myrsinaceae  | Aegiceras
Rhizophora corniculataLinnaeus, Amoen. Acad. 4: 123. 1759; Aegiceras majus Gaertner; Umbraculum corniculatum (Linnaeus) Kuntze.
Plants ca. 1.5 m tall. Branchlets reddish or blackish brown, glabrous. Petiole 5-10 mm; leaf blade elliptic or broadly obovate, 3-8 × 2-4.5 cm, leathery, base cuneate, margin entire, revolute, apex rounded or emarginate; lateral veins 7-11 on each side of midrib, densely puberulent abaxially. Inflorescences terminal, subsessile, ca. 10-flowered; bracts oblong-lanceolate, deciduous. Pedicel ca. 1 cm, ± glandular. Flowers ca. 1 cm. Calyx lobes rhomboid, 5-6 × 3-4 mm, leathery, prominently veined, black glandular at base, asymmetric, entire, apex broadly rounded. Corolla white, ca. 9 mm; lobes ovate, ca. 5 mm, asymmetric, acuminate, reflexed; tube 3-4 mm, villous inside. Stamens longer than corolla tube; filaments villous basally on outside, glabrous inside; anthers ca. 3 mm. Style black glandular basally. Fruit 6(-8) cm, 5-6 mm in diam., glabrous, base clasped by twisted persistent sepals. Fl. Dec-Feb, fr. Oct-Dec.
Mangrove, muddy flats, coasts. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Nanhai Zhudao [India, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam; Australia]
桐花树 Aegiceras corniculatum

桐花树 Aegiceras corniculatum

桐花树 Aegiceras corniculatum

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