球桂
树枝和树叶
Branches and Leaves
•小乔木，树高4～7 m, 有时呈灌木状；树冠阔圆球形；树皮灰色或灰褐色。幼树分枝 直立性较强，但大树分枝常披散下垂。叶长圆形或长圆状披针形，长(8)9～11cm, 宽(2 . 5)2.8～3.5cm;叶色深绿，叶面平展或略呈“V”形，较皱；基部宽楔形；先端渐尖至短尾尖，叶尖歪向一侧并向下反折；叶缘波状，先端或中上部有细锯齿；侧脉7～9对，网脉明显。叶柄长9～12mm,黄绿色。
•Small tree to 4-7 m, sometimes frutescent; crown broadly spheroidal; bark greyor grey brown; branches nearly upright when young, but pendulous in maturing tree.Leaves oblong,or oblong-lanceolate,(8)9- 11 cm×(2.5)2.8-3.5 cm,dark green,smooth or slightly incurved into V-form, base broadly cuneate; apex acuminate to short caudate,acumen oblique bearing down; margin undulate, serrate in the upper 1/2; secondary veins 7-9 pairs,reticulate veins obvious; petiole 9- 12 mm long,yellow green.
花
Flower
•花枝长1 0～1 5 cm; 每节叶腋内叠生花芽( 1 ) 2～3对，每花序有花7 ～ 8 朵，几乎同时开放，围绕树枝成球形。花梗黄绿色，基部带紫色，长7～9(11)mm。花金黄色至深黄色 (RHS-CC 13B～13C)。花冠近平展，直径 7 ～ 8 ( 1 0 )mm;裂片短圆，厚而肉质，卵圆形，长约3～3 . 5mm, 宽约2～2 . 5mm; 雌蕊完全败育。花期第一批花9月上中旬至下旬；第二批9月下旬至10月上旬。
•Flower twigs 10- 15 cm long; flower buds(1)2-3 pairs per node; each producing 7-8 flowers; almost blooming at the same time; pedicels yellow green, base purple, 7-9(11)mm long; corolla nearly spreading,golden-yellow to deep yellow (RHS-CC 13B- 13C),7-8(10) mm diameter; corolla lobes broadly ovate,3-3.5 mm×2-2.5 mm; Pistils abortive. Blooming 2 times a year, in early September to early October.
分布
Distribution
•产湖北咸宁、武汉。江苏南京、浙江杭州有栽培。球桂‘Qiugui’ 花色金黄、着花繁密，产花量多，大树最高株产桂花可达210千克；花朵易脱落、香气最浓，经济价值高，在湖北咸宁常见栽培，当地俗名“金花”。
•Xianning、Wuhan, Hubei; Nanjing, Jiangsu; Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
备注
Remark
•叶细长，基部宽楔形，花朵金黄色，花冠裂片短圆、肥厚，着花繁密。与万点金‘Wandian Jin’相比，该品种花梗和叶均更细长。
•Leaves narrow and long, base broad cuneate; Corolla lobes short and rounded,thick, blossom dense.
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