Lindera pulcherrima (Nees) Benth. ex Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Lindera

Characteristics

Evergreen trees, 7-10 m tall. Branchlets green, smooth, striate, white pubescent, later deciduous. Buds ovate-oblong, ca. 4 mm, or ellipsoid and 7-8 mm; bud scales white pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 8-12 mm, white pubescent; leaf blade blue-gray abaxially, green adaxially, narrowly ovate, obovate, oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or elliptic, 8-13 × 2-4.5 cm, white pubescent on both surfaces when young, later glabrous or nearly glabrous, trinerved, midrib and lateral veins yellow, distinctly convex abaxially, slightly convex adaxially, base rounded or broadly cuneate, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate and up to 2-3 cm. Umbels 3-5, inserted at top of 1-3 mm short branchlets in leaf axil, sometimes short branchlets developing into normal branchlets. Male flowers: tepals 6, elliptic, equal in length, laxly white pubescent on dorsal keel, glabrous inside; stamens 9; filaments white pubescent, 2-glandular near base in 3rd whorl; glands reniform, stipitate; reduced pistil white pubescent. Female flowers not seen. Fruits ellipsoid, ca. 8 × 6 mm when mature, laxly white pubescent and densely white pubescent on apex or glabrous when young. Fr. Jun-Aug.
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An evergreen tree. It grows 7-10 m tall. The leaves are alternate and narrowly oval. They are 8-13 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The fruit are oval and 8 mm long by 6 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 7.0 - 8.5
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in forests, on mountain slopes between 100-3,700 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Oak forests, where it is often common in the understorey, to 2700 metres.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 1-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten without the seeds.
Uses medicinal tea wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Antirheumatic agents (bark), Wounds and injuries (bark), Antioxidants (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (seed), Hypersensitivity (seed), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Diuretics (whole plant), Antiviral agents (whole plant excluding root)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Lindera pulcherrima world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal

Conservation status

Lindera pulcherrima threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1194814-2
WFO ID wfo-0001071996
COL ID 72FRC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Benzoin subcaudatum Daphnidium pulcherrimum Lindera subcaudata Lindera pulcherrima Lindera pulcherrima var. pulcherrima Neolitsea subcaudata

Lower taxons

Lindera pulcherrima var. attenuata Lindera pulcherrima var. hemsleyana