| Garrya elliptica Dougl. ex Lindl. | ||
| Garryaceae | ||
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Evergreen dioecious shrub, 2-3 m high in cultivation. Leaves opposite, leathery, ovate to oblong-elliptic, with an undulate margin, apex mucronate, dark bright green above, wooly tomentose beneath, 3-9 cm long, 1.5-3.5 cm wide. Flowers greenish, on male plant, in 10-20 cm catkins in February-March. Female inflorescences are smaller.
Home: Western USA (California & Oregon) Other views: Inflorescences, Flowers (closer view) Cultivated: France Author: Frédéric Tournay & Thierry Lamant Ethnobotanical aspects of Garrya elliptica by Plants for a future database Back to the plant list |
