檵木Loropetalum chinense (R. Br.) Oliver

别名：铁脚柴;白树花;白花树;（木+迷）木;坚漆柴;子树;扁担条;吉利楸;桎木柴;纸末花;知微木;羊角树;波丝花;茧漆;檵树;清明花;土降香;鸡寄;千斤笔;吉利梢;极夹古;继木;继条;檵花;檵条子;檵木花;鱼骨勒;刺木花;檵木条;地里爬;刀脂木;刀烟木;（木/继）木;檵木柴;土降条;檵木通泡树;樫漆;剪切花;锯木花;土墙条;闪目木;檵花根;突肉根;接杞;旬子;土墙花;大叶檵木;木+迷;刺漆;木莲子;石柚树;具木枒;金钱漆;鱼骨柴;木/继;满山白;白花檵木;锯花木;锯木条;锯木桠;锯子条;结结满;檵花叶;山漆柴;坚漆;檵柴;罗脂木;金梨漆;

科名：金缕梅科 Hamamelidaceae

属名：檵木属 Loropetalum

种中文名：檵木
种拉丁名：Loropetalum chinense (R. Br.) Oliver
科中文名：金缕梅科
科拉丁名：Hamamelidaceae
属中文名：檵木属
属拉丁名：Loropetalum
国内分布：皖,苏,浙,赣,湘,鄂,川,黔,闽,粤,桂,滇
海    拔：1000-1200
中国植物志：35(2):070
英文植物志：9:33

《Flora of China》 Vol. 9 (2003)
3. Loropetalum chinense (R. Brown) Oliver, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 23: 459. 1862.
木继木 ji mu Hamamelis chinensis R. Brown in G. F. Abel, Narr. Journey China, App. B, 375. 1818.
Shrubs or small trees, 1–3 m tall, much branched; branchlets stellately pubescent. Stipules triangular-lanceolate or obovate, 3–5 × 1.5–2 mm, stellately pubescent; petiole 0.2–0.5 cm, stellately pubescent; leaf blade ovate, elliptic or, rarely, obovate, 2–6.5 × 1–3 cm, discolorous, abaxially densely stellately pubescent, adaxially sparsely pubescent or stellately pubescent when young, glabrescent, base asymmetrical, rounded or cuneate, margin ± entire, apex acute or shortly acuminate; lateral veins 4–8 on each side, abaxially prominent. Inflorescence a short raceme or nearly capitate, terminal, mostly on short lateral branches, 3–16-flowered; peduncle 0.8–1 cm, stellately pubescent; bracts linear or lanceolate, 2–4.5 mm. Flowers shortly pedicellate, open before leaves appear. Floral cup cupular, stellately pubescent, 1.2–1.5 mm. Sepals ovate, 2–3 mm. Petals 4(–6), white, pale yellow or red, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or rounded. Stamens 4 or 5, filaments very short, connective elongated into a horn, 0.4–0.5 mm, anthers ovoid, 0.5–0.6 mm; staminodes 4–6, scalelike, alternate with stamens. Ovary inferior, stellately pubescent, styles ca. 1 mm. Persistent floral cup 2/3–4/5 as long as capsule; capsules ovoid or obovoid-globose, 7–8 × 6–7 mm, stellately tomentose, hairs brown, apex rounded, adnate to floral cup for 2/3–3/4 of their length. Seeds ovoid-globose or ellipsoid, 4–7 × 3.5–4 mm. Fl. Mar–Apr, fr. May–Jul.Forests, thickets, sunny hills; 1000--1200 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [E and N India, Japan].
This species is widely cultivated in China.
Two varieties occur in China; the present authors have seen no specimens of the recently published var. coloratum C. Q. Huang (Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 21: 508. 2001).