How to identify Rhamnella franguloides? These identification methods are easy to understand at a glance
Tree form characteristics: Rhamnella franguloides grows 2-9m tall, and its new branches are green, covered with relatively short, fairly dense soft hairs. Leaf characteristics: its leaves are obovate, green and hairless on the upper surface, yellow-green with hairs on the lower surface, and the leaf margins are serrated. Flower characteristics: its flowers have pedicels 1-4mm long, and the petals are obovate and yellow-green.
1. Tree form characteristics
Rhamnella franguloides is a shrub or small tree, growing 2-9m tall. Its new branches are green, covered with relatively short, fairly dense soft hairs.
2. Leaf characteristics
Its leaves are obovate, about 4-12cm long and about 2-5cm wide, with a rounded base and a gradually pointed tip. The upper surface of the leaf is green and hairless, while the lower surface is yellow-green and hairy. The leaf margins are serrated. It has petioles about 2-6mm long, which are also hairy.
3. Flower characteristics
Its flowers have pedicels 1-4mm long, which may be sparsely hairy or hairless. The sepals of the flowers are triangular, with relatively sparse short hairs along the edges. The petals are obovate and yellow-green.