中文名（Chinese Name）：西域青荚叶
学名（Scientific Name）：. Helwingia himalaica Hook. f. et Thoms. ex C. B. Clarke
英文名（English Common Name）：
别名（Chinese Common Name）：西藏青荚叶、喜马拉雅青荚叶
异名（Synonym）：Helwingia himalaica var. nanchuanensis (Fang) Fang et Soong  Helwingia himalaica var. parvifolia Li  Helwingia himalaica var. prunifolia Fang et Soong  Helwingia himalaica var. gracilipes Fang et Soong  Helwingia chinensis f. oblanceolata S. S. Chien  Helwingia himalaica f. oblanceolata (S. S. Chien) Fang et Soong  Helwingia omeiensis var. oblanceolata (S. S. Chien) H. Hara et S. Kuros.  Helwingia himalaica var. lanceolata Deb  Helwingia japonica var. nanchuanensis W. P. Fang  Helwingia himalaica var. parviflora H.L.Li  Helwingia japonica var. himalaica (Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke) Franch.  Helwingia lanceolata Watt ex U.N.Kanj.,P.C.Kanj. & Das  Helwingia omeiensis f. oblanceolata (S.S.Chien) H.Hara & S.Kuros.
科属（Family & Genus）：山茱萸科（Cornaceae）青荚叶属
形态特征（Description）：常绿灌木，高2-3米；幼枝细瘦，黄褐色。叶厚纸质，长圆状披针形，长圆形，稀倒披针形，长5-11(-18)厘米，宽2.5-4(-5)厘米，先端尾状渐尖，基部阔楔形，边缘具腺状细锯齿，侧脉5-9对，上面微凹陷，下面微突出；叶柄长3.5-7厘米；托叶长约2毫米，常2-3裂，稀不裂。雄花绿色带紫，常14枚呈密伞花序，4数，稀3数，花梗细瘦，长5-8毫米；雌花3-4数，柱头3-4裂，向外反卷。果实常1-3枚生于叶面中脉上，果实近于球形，长6-9毫米，直径6-8毫米；果梗长1-2毫米。花期4-5月；果期8-10月。
分布（Distribution）：产于湖南、湖北、四川、云南、贵州及西藏南部。常生于海拔1700-3000米林中。尼泊尔、锡金、不丹、印度北部、缅甸北部及越南北部也有分布，其海拔可达3300米。
用途（Use）：
引自中国植物志英文版FOC Vol. 14 Page 228      
Helwingia himalaica J. D. Hooker & Thomson ex C. B. Clarke in J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India. 2: 726. 1879.
西域青荚叶 xi yu qing jia ye | Helwingiaceae  | Helwingia
Helwingia chinensis Batalin f. oblanceolata S. S. Chien; H. himalaica var. gracilipes W. P. Fang & T. P. Soong; H. himalaica var. lanceolata Deb; H. himalaica var. nanchuanensis (W. P. Fang) W. P. Fang & T. P. Soong; H. himalaica f. oblanceolata (S. S. Chien) W. P. Fang & T. P. Soong; H. himalaica var. parvifolia H. L. Li; H. himalaica var. prunifolia W. P. Fang & T. P. Soong; H. japonica (Thunberg) F. Dietrich var. himalaica (J. D. Hooker & Thomson) Franchet; H. japonica var. nanchuanensis W. P. Fang; H. omeiensis (W. P. Fang) H. Hara & S. Kurosawa var. oblanceolata (S. S. Chien) H. Hara & S. Kurosawa.
Shrubs 2–3 m tall, deciduous; young branches yellow-brown, slender; leaf scars ± inconspicuous. Leaf petiole 1–5(–7) cm; stipules ca. 2 mm, not or 1–3-divided; leaf blade adaxially shiny green, abaxially light green, oblong-lanceolate, rarely oblanceolate or ± diamond-shaped, 5–11(–18) × 2.5–4(–5) cm, thickly papery, veins (5–)7–9, secondary and smaller lateral veins inconspicuous, base broadly cuneate to cuneate, margin glandular spiculate serrate, apex caudate-acuminate. Umbels between mid point and lower 1/3 of midvein on adaxial surface, rarely on upper part of young branches. Flowers of staminate umbels 8–20, pedicellate, 4-merous, rarely 3-merous, light green, 5–8 mm, pedicellate. Flowers of carpellate umbels (1–)3 or 4(or 5), pedicellate, 4-merous, light green, 5–6 mm; stigma 3- or 4(or 5)-divided. Fruit subglobose to oblong, ca. 5–8 mm in diam.; pedicel 1–2(–6) mm. Seeds 3 or 4, 3- or 4-ridged. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Aug–Oct.
Woods, woodland margins; (1000–)1700–3000 m. Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim, N Vietnam].





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