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The Wild Flowers of Mountain Subtropical Forest Region

Luculia gratissima Evergreen shrub or little tree. 5 m high. Elliptic leaf. Terminal cymes, corymb-like. Pink corolla, feet-plate shaped, 3 cm in diameter, fragrant. Flowering: Sept and Oct. Warm hygrophiles, heliophiles, a bit tolerance to shade and poordness. Southeast Tibet, 800 to 2400 m, forest. Yunnan. East Himalayas to Vietnam. Elegant flower tree.