Ehretia laevis

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Ehretia laevis

Description

Shrub or tree. Leaves: petiole c. 1-2.5 cm long; blade oblong to suborbicular or oblong-lanceolate, 3-9 (-18) by 3—5(—11) cm, margin entire, base broadly rounded to truncate, apex acuminate, rounded or emarginate, nerves 4 or 5 on each side, upper side glabrous, lower side with hairs in the axils of lowest primary nerves. Inflorescence axillary, corymbose, with very short hairs, flowers few to many. Flowers subsessile or pedicels up to 1 mm long. Stamens exserted. Fruit globose, 3-4 mm in diam.

Distribution

Asia-Temperate: Hainan (Hainan present), Asia-Tropical: India present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Burma present
India, Hainan, Vietnam, Burma; Malesia: Malay Peninsula..

Citation

I.M.Johnston 1951 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 32: 107