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Scientific name:

Cotoneaster nitidus

Vernacular name:

Cotoneaster, Distichous


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Distichous Cotoneaster

Scientific name: Cotoneaster nitidus Jacques

Diagnostic features
Erect, evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub to 3m, with wide-spreading branches.
Leaves 0.5-1.3cm, shiny and flat on upperside, subglabrous on lowerside.
Flowers solitary.
Anthers white.
Fruits bright red to orange-red, 7-11mm, broadly obovate to subglobose, with 3 stones.

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
South Hants; Himalayas.

This species is keyed out on Page 2423 and on Page 2444 in the Text Key.

Cotoneaster nitidus
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