| English Name | Ixonanthes |
|---|---|
| Status in China | Vulnerable（VU）. Recorded in China Plant Red Data Book and Illustration of Rare & endangered plant in Guangdong Province. |
Description:
Shrubs or trees, 4-20 m tall; bark brown. Leaves papery, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 6-12 cm long and 2-5 cm long, apex acute or rounded and emarginated, base broadly cuneate, brown when dry, glabrous; petiole 1-2 cm long, narrowly winged. Inflorescence a dichasium, arising from leaf axils near branch apex, long peduncled; flowers white, ca. 6 mm in diam.; sepals 5, base connate, ovate-oblong, ca. 3 mm long; petals 5, broadly orbicular, 2.5 times as long as sepals; stamens 10, exserted, up to 2 cm long. Capsules ovoid-ellipsoid, 2-3 cm long, 1 cm wide, 5-valved; seeds ellipsoid, 8-10 mm long, with a 1-1.5 cm long wing on one end.
Distribution:
Cape D'Aguilar, Happy Valley, Wong Nai Chung, Aberdeen, Repulse Bay, Ma On Shan. Areas S of Changjiang River. Vietnam.
Habitat and Ecology:
In thickets or thin forests. Flowering: May-June; fruiting: June-Oct.
Although this species has been recorded in the "China Plant Red Data Book", it can be found in various localities in Hong Kong and the populations are not under any particular threat.
References:
傅立國，1992: 中國植物紅皮書1:400-401。科學出版社，北京。
葉華谷，2000：廣東植物誌4：166。圖107。廣東科技出版社，廣州。
黎存志等，1999：香港珍稀瀕危植物的分布及保育，熱帶亞熱帶植物學報7（1）：1-6。
