Cinnamomum kotoense Kaneh. & Sasaki

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Cinnamomum

Characteristics

Evergreen trees, ca. 15 m tall. Dry bark, branches, and leaves almost unscented. Branchlets brown, terete, glabrous. Leaves opposite or subopposite; petiole red-brown or brown, ca. 1.5 cm, concave-convex; leaf blade green when fresh but gray-green when dry, opaque abaxially and shiny adaxially, ovate to oblong-ovate, 8-11(-14) × 4-5.5(-9) cm, leathery, glabrous on both surfaces, triplinerved, basal lateral veins arising ca. 1 cm above leaf base, evanescent at 3/4 of leaf blade or inconspicuously anastomosing, sometimes each with an additional vein outside, veinlets conspicuous on both surfaces, foveolate, base rounded, apex acute. Flowers unknown. Infructescence 3-5 cm. Fruit ovoid, ca. 1.4 × 1 cm; perianth cup in fruit cupuliform, glabrous, shortly crenate on margin; fruit stalk ca. 1 cm, glabrous. Fr. Aug-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 2.0
Mature height (meter) 9.0
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Environment

Light 3-6
Soil humidity 2-7
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Images

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Distribution

Cinnamomum kotoense world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Conservation status

Cinnamomum kotoense threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:463490-1
WFO ID wfo-0000605164
COL ID 5Z7JZ
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Synonyms

Cinnamomum kotoense