Alangium platanifolium
var. trilobum, a deciduous shrub found in mountainous
regions, grows to around three meters. Phyllotaxis is alternate;
blades, with 5-10cm-long petioles, 7-20cm in length, cleft
themselves in 3-5, and the lobes become long, pointed, and sharp,
with heart-shaped bases with sparse vellus hairs and backsides with
those hairs somewhat denser. Flowers,2-3 in number, white, set
themselves in cymes that bear from axils; petals 6, 3-3.5cm long,
linear, profoundly curl back as if to make circles. Stamens are 12
in number and about 3cm long. Anthers, yellow, are about the same
size as filaments. Styles, one, are longer than the stamens. Bloom
time: June. |