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. White flowers,2-3 in
number, 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. |