Characteristics of lilac

Shrubs or small trees, up to 5 meters high; bark grayish brown or gray. Branchlets, inflorescence rachis, pedicels, bracts, calyces, both sides of young leaves and petioles are hairless and densely covered with glandular hairs. Branchlets are thicker and have sparse lenticels.

The leaves are leathery or thickly papery, oval to kidney-shaped, often wider than long, 2-14 cm long, 2-15 cm wide, with a short convex apex to a long acuminate or acute apex. , the base is heart-shaped, truncate to nearly round, or wide wedge-shaped, with dark green above and light green below; the leaves on sprouting branches are often long oval, apex acuminate, and base truncate to wide wedge-shaped; petioles are 1-3 cm long .

The panicle is upright, arising from lateral buds, nearly spherical or oblong, 4-16 cm long and 3-7 cm wide; the pedicel is 0.5-3 mm long; the calyx is about 3 mm long and has calyx teeth. Acuminate, sharp or blunt; corolla purple, 1.1-2 cm long, corolla tube cylindrical, lobes spreading at right angles, oval, elliptical to obovate, apex slightly pocket-shaped or not incurved. ; Anthers are yellow, located 0-4 mm away from the throat of the corolla tube.

The fruit is obovate-elliptic, ovate to oblong, 1-1.5 (-2) cm long, 4-8 mm wide, with a long apex, smooth. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruiting period is from June to October.

Extended information

Our country is produced in the northeast, north, northwest (except Xinjiang) and even the southwest to northwest Sichuan (Songpan, Nanping). It grows in hillside jungles, ravines and streams, valley roadsides and beach watersides, with an altitude of 300-2,400 meters. It is mainly distributed in the southwest and provinces and regions north of the Yellow River Basin, and is commonly cultivated in gardens north of the Yangtze River.

There are two plants with the name lilac: lilac used for ornamental purposes (Oleaceae genus Syringa, also known as cloves and lilacs, distributed in temperate areas from southeastern Europe to East Asia), and lilac used as a spice and cloves used in traditional Chinese medicine (see male cloves, genus Syzygium of the Myrtaceae family, produced in tropical areas such as Tanzania, Malaysia, and Indonesia).

Lilac, lilac is a deciduous shrub or small tree. It is named because the flower tube is as slender as a nail and fragrant. Famous garden flowers. It has large inflorescences, luxuriant blooms, elegant and fragrant flowers, strong habits, and easy cultivation, so it is widely cultivated and used in gardens.