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SAPINDACKAE-SABIACEAE 



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dioecious fls.\ infl. in terminal or axillary panicles: stamens 8-10: usually 1 carpel 

 becoming fleshy or leathery, with a globose seed. 15 species, mostly tropical; 2 in 

 China. (From the Latin Sapo indicus, Indian Soap.) 



1. Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn. $&&=£ (Wu Huan Tzu; No-disease) (R.M. 592). Tree, 

 to 15 m.; fls. pale yellow, regular, V-VI; fr. yellow, IX-X. Japan, Korea, China; 

 locally in An., Che., Hup., Ki., Ku. Woodland. Fig. 223. 



101. SABIACEAE Sabia Family MMf-4 (Ch'ing Feng T'eng K'o) 

 Trees or shrubs, often climbing, with alternate, pinnately veined estipulate lvs.: 

 infl. paniculate: sepals imbricate; stamens 5, opposite the petals: fr. usually 1-celled, 

 indehiscent. 4 genera with 90 species, tropical Asia and America; 2 genera and 40 

 species in China. 



Key to the Genera 



All 5 stamens fertile; fls. in axillary cymes: lvs. simple: climbing shrubs .. 



Only 2 stamens fertile; fls. in terminal panicles: lvs. simple or pinnate: 



upright tt'ees or shrubs 



1 . Sabia 



2. Meliosma 



1. Sabia Colebr. ffiffiMM (Ch'ing Feng T'eng Shu) 

 Climbing shrubs with simple entire lvs. and mostly perfect fls.: infl. axillary: 

 all 5 stamens fertile: fr. with 1-2 reniform seeds. 20 species, in Asia and Ma- 

 laya; 16 in China. (From the Bengal name, Sabja-lat.) 



Key to the Species 



Brts. glabrous: petioles and If. blades glabrous or puberulent: lvs. 

 evergreen; blades broadly lanceolate, oblong, elliptic or ovate, 

 1.5-4x2.5-10 cm., coarse-reticulate and dark green above, reticu- 

 late and light green or glaucous beneath: calyx lobes 1mm. long 



or less, rounded; ovaries glabrous 1- &• gaultheriijolia 



Brts. and lower surfaces of the If. blades pubescent. 



Lvs. deciduous, reticulate above, pubescent and reticulate beneath: 

 older brs. bearing short spine-like processes: fls. appearing be- 

 fore the lvs.: If. blades ovate-lanceolate or ovate, 2-7 cm. long: 



brts. sparsely pubescent 2. S. japomca 



Lvs. evergreen, smooth and pubescent on the midrib above, pubes- 

 cent and reticulate beneath: lacking spine-like processes: fls. in 

 cymes; petals narrowed upward; If. blade oblong or elliptic, 

 acuminate, 2.5-6 cm. long: brs. densely pubescent 3. S. swvnhoei 



1. Sabia gaultheriifolia Stapf ex L. Chen (Sarg. 3:26). Evergreen scandent shrub; 

 fr. blue at maturity, IX. Central and south China; locally in Che., Hup., Ki. 

 Forest shade. 



2. Sabia japonica Maxim. (Sarg. 3:34). Scandent deciduous shrub; fls. greenish 

 yellow, V; fr. dark blue at maturity, IX. Japan, southeastern China; locally in 

 An., Che., Hun., Ki., Ku. Forest shade. 



3. Sabia swinhoei Hemsl. (Sarg. 3:44). Evergreen climbing shrub; fls. yellow, IV; 

 fr. IX; brts. densely pubescent. Formosa, south and central China; locally in 

 Che., Hun., Hup., Ki., Ku. Forest shade. 



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