Dichotomanthes

It is a small tree shrub, which reaches a size of 2–7 m in height. Gray-brown to grayish-brown beds when they are old; ovoid buds, initially tomentose, gradually glabrescent, apex obtuse or acute. Petiole 4–6 mm thick, thickly tomentose yellowish white; stipules deciduous, filiform, limb elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, sometimes obovate or oblanceolate, 3–6 × 1.5–2.5 cm, with lateral veins in 7–12 pairs, the underside densely tomentose yellowish white. The inflorescences of 2–5 × 3–6 mm, rachis and peduncles tomentose yellowish white; deciduous, lanceolate, membranous bracts. Pedicel 1–3 mm. Flowers 5–9 mm in diameter. White petals, 3–4 mm. Red, cylindrical fruit of 5–7 mm, hard. Flowers from April to May, Fruits from August to November.^[1]

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  Branch with corymbs of flowers
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  Leaves and leaf arrangement
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  Open flower and flowers in bud

It is found in mixed evergreen forests, on the forest edges and hillsides, at elevations of 1300 – 2500 meters in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China.

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