How to identify Emei four-orange flowers

1. Blades

The leaves of Emei tetrahedron are opposite, leathery or thinly leathery, oblong-elliptical or oblong-lanceolate in shape, about 5.5-11 cm long and 2-4 cm wide. The tip is sometimes short and pointed, and the base is broad or wedge-shaped. Bright green above with white, closely pubescent hairs, grey-green below with dense, pubescent hairs.

2. Flowers

The Emei Four-o'-clock has a capitula inflorescence that is spherical in shape and is composed of more than 100 green flowers. There are 4 bracts, which are obovate or broadly obovate in shape and white in color. There are 4 petals, which are oblong.

3. Fruit

The infructescence of the Emei tetrandra is oblate and purple-red when ripe. The fruit pedicel is relatively thick and cylindrical, with coarse hairs when young, which will gradually fall off and become hairless later.