Elaeagnus glabra,
a liana evergreen shrub, inhabits forests, forest edges, or
cliff edges in seashores, coastal districts, or hills, extending
long on other trees and growing 2-3m tall. Leaves are alternate;
blades measure 4-8cm long, 2.5-3.5cm wide, long-oblong or oval-like
long-oblong, with silver scaly hairs on surfaces first, which fall
out later, back surfaces generally with dense red-brown scaly hairs.
Axils hang some light brown flowers, and calyx tubes are slender,
4-6mm long, and taper toward the bases. Fruit (pseudocarp), about
1.5cm-long long-oblong, mature red in April. Bloom time:
October-November. |