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Bennettiodendron leprosipes, transliterated as shān guì huā (Chinese: 山桂花), is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae. It is the type species of its genus, Bennettiodendron.
The plant grows in evergreen broad-leaved forests at altitudes of 400–1,800 m (1,300–5,900 ft). It ranges from China in the regions of East, South Central, and the eastern tip of Southwestern China, to the islands of Sumatra and Java in Indonesia. It also exists in the countries of Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and India in Arunachal Pradesh, with a disjunct population in Chhattisgarh.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bennettiodendron leprosipes by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
