Lindera fragrans Oliv.

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Lindera

Characteristics

Evergreen small trees, up to 5 m tall. Bark yellow-brown, with longitudinal dehiscences and lenticels. Young branchlets blue-green or brown-yellow, slender, smooth, longitudinally striate, glabrous or white pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 5-8 mm; leaf blade pale green abaxially, green adaxially, lanceolate or narrowly ovate, glabrous or white pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially, trinerved, first pair of lateral veins elongate along margin toward leaf apex, sometimes very near margin, thin and obscure, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, apex acuminate. Umbels axillary; involucral bracts 4, 2-4-flowered inside. Male flowers yellow, aromatic; tepals 6, nearly equal in length, densely yellow-brown pubescent on outer surface; stamens 9; filaments glabrous, 2-glandular at base in 3rd whorl; glands broadly reniform, subsessile; reduced ovary narrowly ellipsoid; stigma disciform. Female flowers not seen. Fruits ovate, ca. 1 × 0.7 cm, blue-green when young, purple-black at maturity; stipes 0.5-0.7 cm, laxly pubescent; hypocarpium inflated.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Lindera fragrans world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Lindera fragrans threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:465365-1
WFO ID wfo-0001070317
COL ID 6QFPY
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Synonyms

Benzoin fragrans Lindera fragrans Lindera rosthornii Lindera fragrans var. fragrans Lindera supracostata var. chuaneensis Lindera fragrans var. linearifolia