鸭蛋花 ya dan hua

Trees to 10 m tall. Branches forked. Leaves elliptic or ovate, ca. 4 cm, membranous, lateral veins numerous, densely parallel. Cymes corymbose, terminal, few flowered. Sepals 1-1.5 mm. Corolla white, yellow at base, salverform; tube cylindric, 5-8 mm; lobes obovate, 0.6-1.5 cm. Anthers oblong, as long as appendages. Style filiform. Follicles 1 or 2, 4-5 cm. Seeds ovate, with a membranous wing at proximal end.

Guangdong [introduced from Cuba]