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Species
Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb. var. typica C.K. Schneid.
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Gansu, Hubei, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Japan, Korea, Nepal; naturalized in North America].
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Thickets; (100-)500-3000 m.
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Flowering from April to May; fruiting from July to August.
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A deciduous tree or shrub with fragrant yellow flowers. Common in the Himalayas in dry exposed places from 1000-3300 m. It is also cultivated. The fruit is edible. The following specimens, without flowers and fruit and with the habit of Elaeagnus umbellatus Thunb., but leaves with dense soft pubescence on the under surfaces, may with further material represent a different taxon. They have been provisionally placed here.
A-7 Gilgit: cult., R.R. Stewart s.n., p.p. (RAW); C-6 Kurram: Parachinar, R.R. Stewart 28038 (RAW).
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Elaeagnus umbellata is occurring in Gansu, Hubei, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang of China, Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Japan, Korea, Nepal, naturalized in North America.
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Growing in thickets; 500-3000 m.
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The chromosomal number of Elaeagnus umbellata is 2n = 28 (Zhang et al., 1991).
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Comments: In North America, only var. parvifolia of the species Elaeagnus umbellata is established as an exotic outside cultivation (Kartesz, 1994 checklist).
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Distribution: Japan, Assam, China, Afghanistan and the Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhutan.
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Foodplant / pathogen
Tubercularia anamorph of Nectria cinnabarina infects and damages branch of Elaeagnus umbellata
Remarks: season: 1-12