日香桂


树枝和树叶

Branches and Leaves


  •灌木,高1.5~3m; 树冠椭圆形;分枝较稀疏,直立性强;长势旺盛。树皮灰白色。叶二型:春叶倒卵状披针形或倒卵状椭圆形,长6.5~8(12)cm, 宽2~3 . 5(4)cm, 长  宽比约2.4~2.9;最宽处常在中部以上;叶面较平展;基部楔形;先端突尖或短渐尖;全缘,有时中上部有锐短锯齿。秋叶椭圆状披针形或长圆形,长(6)8~12cm, 宽2.5~3.5cm,  先端长渐尖,侧脉5~7对,网脉明显;叶柄长7~10mm。新梢及嫩叶紫红色。

  •Shrub to 1.5-3 m; crown ellipsoid; branches fairy sparse, upright obviously; vigorous.bark gray white;Leaves 2-shaped: those in spring  obovate-lanceolate or obovate-elliptic,6.5-8(12)cm×2-3.5(4)cm,with the widest part above the middle,adaxial flat, base cuneate; apex cuspidate   or short  acuminate; margin entire or serrate in the upper 1/2; those in autumn,   elliptic-lanceolate or long elliptic,(6)8- 12cm×2.5-3.5cm,apex long acuminate, margin entire or sparse serrate, secondary veins 5-7 pairs,reticulate veins obvious;Petioles 7- 10 mm long;young leaves purplish red.

 

 

花

Flower


  •花枝长10~20cm, 每节有花芽1~2对;圆锥花序总梗发达,长达2~4 cm, 黄绿色或略带淡紫红;苞片卵形,长3~5mm。 圆锥花序中有花15~20朵,聚伞花序有花(3) 5~10朵;花梗长短不一 ,长4~11 mm,  黄绿色,芳香,有时基部略显紫红。花白色至淡黄白色 (RHS-CC1~2D); 深秋及冬季花色稍深,可呈黄白色 (RHS-CC4D)。花冠斜展,多呈钟形甚至狭钟形,有时略平展,直径5~6(8)mm; 裂片较狭长,长圆形,长约3.5~4mm, 宽约2mm。  内侧常有黄晕;雄蕊2;雌蕊完全退化,不结实。花期:每年 9月至翌年4~5月,夏季开花较少。

  •Flower twigs 10-20 cm long, flower buds 1-2 pairs per node, peduncle  in panicle, 2-4 cm long,yellowish green or with light purple red; bract ovate, 3-5 mm long; flowers 15-20 in panicle and (3)5- 10 in cyme, pedicles short or long,4- 11 mm, yellowish green, sometimes base light purple red; corolla inclined,usually campanulate to narrow campanulate or slightly flat, white to  light yellow white (RHS-CC  1-2D), deep colored in late autumn and winter, to yellowish white (RHS-CC 4D);5-6(8)mm diameter; corolla lobes fairy slender, long elliptic,3.5-4mm×2  mm, usually with yellow tint inner side; stamens 2; pistils abortive. Blooming in September to last April-May, with sparse flowers in summer.

 

 

分布

Distribution


  •原产四川苍溪、温江等县,现江苏、安徽、河南、浙江、山东、北京等地均有栽培,北方常见盆栽。

  •Origin in Cangxi and Wenjiang  county,Sichuan. Introduced now:Jiangsu、Anhui、Henan、Zhejiang、Shandong、Beijing(in pot).

 

备注

Remark


  •春叶较狭长,且最宽处在中部以上,多呈倒卵状披针形,叶面较平,花梗长短不一,花朵较小,钟形至狭钟形,花冠裂片长圆形。

  •Leaves in spring fairly slender, with the widest part above the middle, usually obovate-lanceolate, pedicels short or long,and flowers small, campanulate to narrow  campanulate, corolla lobes long elliptic.