Keteleeria evelyniana Mast.

Evelyn keteleeria (en)

Species

Gymnosperms > Pinales > Pinaceae > Keteleeria

Characteristics

Trees to 40 m tall; trunk to 1 m d.b.h.; bark grayish brown, irregularly and longitudinally fissured, flaking; branchlets reddish or brownish red, turning gray-brown, yellow-brown, or brown, usually initially pubescent, glabrous in 2nd or 3rd year. Leaves narrowly linear, usually slightly falcate, (2-)4-6.5 cm × 2-3.5 mm, stomatal lines (0-)4-20 adaxially, 28-38 in each band abaxially, apex usually mucronate. Seed cones cylindric, (7-)9-20(-25) × (3.5-) 4-6.5 cm. Seed scales at middle of cones rhombic-ovate, (2-)3-4 × (2-)2.5-3 cm, exposed part of abaxial surface pubescent or nearly glabrous, apex subacute, erose-denticulate. Seeds oblong, 0.9-1.4 cm × 5-7 mm; wing yellowish brown, semitrullate. Pollination Apr-May, seed maturity Oct.
Life form
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 35.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

In primary, secondary forest, in moist evergreen and mixed conifer-broadleaved forest together with Fagaceae and Alstonia species. Sometimes near streams, in Dipterocarp forest, dry evergreen hill forests, at elevations of 800-1,600 metres.
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A canopy tree in primary and secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest and mixed evergreen oak forest in mountains and river basins.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses fiber medicinal oil wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
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Images

Keteleeria evelyniana unspecified picture

Distribution

Keteleeria evelyniana world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Keteleeria evelyniana threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:262402-1
WFO ID wfo-0000356899
COL ID 3R6QH
BDTFX ID 101512
INPN ID 610669
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Keteleeria evelyniana Keteleeria hainanensis Tsuga roulletii Keteleeria delavayi Keteleeria roulletii Keteleeria dopiana Keteleeria evelyniana var. pendula Keteleeria evelyniana var. hainanensis Keteleeria evelyniana var. roulletii Keteleeria evelyniana var. dopiana Keteleeria evelyniana subsp. hainanensis Keteleeria evelyniana subsp. roulletii Keteleeria davidiana subsp. evelyniana