四季桂


树枝和树叶

Branches and Leaves


  •小乔木或丛生灌木状,树形较低矮,高1.5~4.5m, 在福建(武夷山)一带可高达6~8m,  树冠圆球形。东南和华南各地长势旺盛,北部长势较弱至中等,分枝短而密。叶二型:春叶宽椭圆形或椭圆形,长7~9cm, 宽3.3~3.6cm, 长宽比约2.3; 基部楔形或狭楔形;先端突尖;全缘或近全缘。秋叶卵状椭圆形或卵状披针形,长8~10cm, 宽3 .3~4cm;基部宽楔形至近圆形;先端渐尖;叶缘至少中部或上部1/3以上有细尖锯齿。侧脉7~9对,网脉较明显,主脉和侧脉间的交角很大。叶柄长4~8(10)mm。幼叶黄绿色或略带淡紫红色,成年叶色较淡。

  •Small tree or frutescent to 1.5-4.5(6-8)m; crown spheroidal; branchlets short and dense, slight vigorous to vigorous. Leaves 2-shaped, those in spring wide elliptic or elliptic,7-9cm×3.3-3.6cm, base cuneate or narrow cuneate,apex  cuspidate, margin entire or nearly so; those  in autumn ovate-elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, 8- 10 cm×3.3-4 cm, base wide cuneate to rounded, apex acuminate, margin minute serrate from middle or from above 1/3; secondary veins 7-9 pairs, the angle between the primary and secondary veins usually obtuse; petiole 4-8(10) mm long; young leaves yellow green or purple red, mature leaves is much slight.

 

 

花

Flower


  •花枝较短,通常长约6~8 cm, 仅顶部1~3节各具花芽1对,稀2对;一般每花芽有花7~10朵,圆锥花序中的花朵数可多达12~22朵,密集。花冠斜展,直径5~7mm, 乳白色 至淡黄白色 (RHS-CC<2B), 深秋和早春花期花色可深至乳黄色 (RHS-CC 6A~6B); 裂片倒卵形或椭圆形,长3~3.5 mm, 宽2mm;雄蕊2,黄色;花梗长7~10(13)mm。秋冬季节新梢之花直径可达10~17mm, 但花数较少;裂片肥厚,内扣。雌蕊完全败育,呈叶状或有时呈花瓣状。花期以秋季和春季为主,花量较少,常零星开放。秋季盛花期:9月下旬至10月中旬。

  •Flower twigs short, 6-8 cm long; only 1 to 3 nodes near apex with 1,rarely 2 pairs of flower buds,each producing 7- 10 flowers, sometimes to 12-22 flowers in panicle, dense; Pedicels 7- 10(13)mm long. Corolla inclined, cream-white to light yellow white  (RHS-CC<2B),5-7 mm,cream  yellow(RHS-CC 6A-6B)in early spring or late autumn; corolla lobes obovate or elliptic,3- 3.5 mm×2 mm; stamens 2, yellow; pistils abortive; the flowers on young branchlets general are much bigger, 10- 17 mm diameter, but the quantity of flower is a small; corolla lobes more thick, and incurved; pistils leaf-like or petal-like. Main blooming in autumn, last to next spring.


 

 

分布

Distribution


  •黄河以南各地常见栽培。江苏南京、苏州;河南信阳、南阳、舞阳、新乡;上海;浙江杭州、金华、绍兴;江西赣州、南昌;福建武夷山、蒲城、龙岩;广西桂林;广东深圳、广州。散见于各地公园和苗圃中

  •South of the Huanghe River, wide distributed in south of China.

 

备注

Remark