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Corchoropsis (Corchoropsis tomentosa)

Description

Annual herbs, to 1 m tall; stems and branches stellate pilose. Stipules subulate, 2-4 mm, caducous; petiole 0.2-2.3 cm, hairy; leaf blade ovate or narrowly ovate, 2.5-6(-8) - 1-3(-4.5) cm, papery or membranous, both surfaces densely stellate pubescent, basal veins 3(-5), lateral veins 2-3 on each side of midrib, base rounded to shallowly cordate, margin crenate-dentate, apex acuminate. Pedicels slender, 1.5-3 cm. Sepals narrowly lanceolate, 5-8 mm, reflexed. Petals yellow, obovate, (3-)6-10 mm. Stamens (5-)10-15, in 5 groups of (1-)2-3, 1/2 as long as petals, recurved; staminodes 5, spatulate-linear, 7-10 mm, stiffly erect. Ovary densely tomentose or glabrous. Capsule narrowly cylindric, 1.7-3(-4) - 0.2-0.3 cm, very densely to sparsely stellate hairy or glabrous. Seeds ovoid, less than 3 mm, obscurely transversely ridged. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. autumn. 2N = 20.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Malvales

            • Family: Malvaceae

              • Genus: Corchoropsis