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Chinese Photinia

Photinia davidiana

Also called Chinese Stranvaesia

Chinese Photinia
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
C. & S. China to N. Vietnam, Taiwan, N. Sumatera, Borneo (Gunung Kinabalu)
Climate
temperate

About

Photinia davidiana, the Chinese photinia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to Asia, ranging from central and southern China to northern Vietnam, Taiwan, northern Sumatra, and Mount Kinabalu on Borneo. Its flowers are white and grow in close clusters, followed by small pome fruits.

It is grown as an ornamental plant, and has been introduced to North America as a garden plant.

Other Stranvaesia plants

Stranvaesia nussia · Stranvaesia oblanceolata · Stranvaesia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Photinia davidiana 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.

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