| Pterostyrax hispida Sieb. & Zucc. | ||
| Halesia hispida (Sieb. & Zucc.) Mast. - Pterostyrax micrantha Sieb. & Zucc. | ||
| Styracaceae | ||
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Deciduous small tree. Leaves alternate, elliptic to obovate, 7-22 cm long, 4-11 cm wide, light green and glabrous above, paler and pubescent beneath, especially on nerves. Margin bristle-toothed. Apex shortly pointed. White flowers, slightly fragant, about 1.5 cm long, in pubescent and leafy panicles about 10-25 cm long in May-June. Fruit ten-winged, covered by yellow-brown hairs. Hardy.
Home: Japan Other views: Flowers Cultivated: France and Germany Author: Frédéric Tournay Not found! Ethnobotanical aspects of Pterostyrax hispida by Plants for a future database Back to the plant list |
