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Pyrenaria microcarpa

Pyrenaria microcarpa
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Theaceae (Tea & camellia family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
S. China to N. Indo-China, Nansei-shotō to Taiwan
Climate
subtropical

About

Pyrenaria microcarpa is an evergreen plant in the family Theaceae. It is native from southern mainland China, east to Taiwan, and south to Myanmar and Vietnam.

Where it grows

Pyrenaria microcarpa is native to south-central and southeast China, Hainan, Myanmar, the Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), Taiwan, and Vietnam. It grows in mountain forests or along streams, at an elevation of about 300–1,000 metres (980–3,280 ft) above sea level.

Other Pyrenaria plants

Pyrenaria buisanensis · Pyrenaria pahangensis · Pyrenaria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pyrenaria microcarpa 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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