Abies delavayi Franch.

Delavay's fir (en), Sapin du Yunnan (fr)

Species

Gymnosperms > Pinales > Pinaceae > Abies

Characteristics

Trees to 25 m tall; trunk to 1 m d.b.h.; bark gray-brown, rough, longitudinally splitting; crown pyramidal; branchlets initially red-brown or brown, then darkened in 2nd or 3rd year, glabrous, rarely pubescent when young; winter buds globose, resinous. Leaves spirally arranged, radially spreading ± forward or pectinately arranged in 2 lateral sets, bright dark green, linear, often curved or "S"-shaped, flattened, 1.5-3 cm × 1.7-2.5 mm, stomatal lines in 2 white bands abaxially, resin canals 2, marginal, margin strongly revolute, apex emarginate. Seed cones shortly pedunculate, black at maturity, glaucous, cylindric or ovoid-cylindric, 6-11 × 3-4 cm. Seed scales flabellate-trapeziform, 1.3-1.5 × 1.4-1.8 cm. Bracts exserted, oblong-spatulate, apex with a narrow, usually recurved cusp 3-5 mm. Seeds obovate; wing brown, cuneate-dolabriform. Pollination May, seed maturity Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 5.0 - 7.0
Mature height (meter) 25.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Mixed forests in mountainous areas, most commonly on north-facing slopes, favouring grey-brown mountain podzols; at elevations from 2,000-4,300 metres, but mainly at 3,000-4,000 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
Edible -
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Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by graftings or seedlings.
Mode graftings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 20 - 23
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Images

Abies delavayi unspecified picture

Distribution

Abies delavayi world distribution map, present in China, India, and Myanmar

Conservation status

Abies delavayi threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261505-1
WFO ID wfo-0000511092
COL ID 8KBT
BDTFX ID 101340
INPN ID 717026
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Abies delavayi Abies delavayi var. delavayi

Lower taxons

Abies delavayi subsp. fansipanensis Abies delavayi var. motuoensis Abies delavayi var. nukiangensis Abies delavayi subsp. delavayi