Actinodaphne obovata (Nees) Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Actinodaphne

Characteristics

Trees, 10-18 m tall, ca. 20 cm d.b.h. Branchlets stout, densely ferruginous pubescent. Leaves 3-5-clustered at apex of branchlet, subverticillate; petiole 3-7 cm, yellowish brown pubescent; leaf blade shiny adaxially, obovate, obovate-oblong, or elliptic-oblong, 15-50 × 5.5-22 cm, ferruginous pubescent or glabrate abaxially when old, glabrous adaxially, triplinerved, lateral veins 6 or 7 pairs, lowermost pair arising 1-2 cm from base, base cuneate or rotund, apex acuminate or acute, tip obtuse. Racemes composed of umbels, 5-flowered; peduncle 1.2-2.5 cm. Pedicel ca. 3 mm. Perianth segments 6, yellow, ovate. Male flowers: fertile stamens 9; filaments short, villous at base, of 3rd whorls each with 2 oblate glands at base; rudimentary ovary pilose. Female flowers: ovary subglobose, villous. Fruit oblong or ellipsoid, 2.5-4.5 × 1-2 cm, seated on flat discoid perianth tube. Fl. Apr-May, fr. to Mar of next year.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 18.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Fractures, bone (bark)
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Images

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Distribution

Actinodaphne obovata world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:462300-1
WFO ID wfo-0000519504
COL ID 9TX4
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Synonyms

Actinodaphne obovata Jozoste obovata Tetradenia obvata Tetradenia obovata Litsea obovata