Litsea albescens (Hook.F.) D.G.Long

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen shrubs or small trees, up to 6 m tall. Branchlets brown when dry, almost smooth, gray appressed pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 4-6 mm; leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate, 10-17 × 2.5-4.5 cm, abaxially glaucous and glabrous or pubescent along veins, adaxially brownish green and glabrous, lateral veins 7-9 pairs, somewhat or conspicuously impressed adaxially but elevated abaxially, base cuneate, apex acuminate. Umbels axillary, ca. 3 mm in diam., 3-6-flowered when in bud, racemosely arranged in an axillary short shoot of 8-12 mm; peduncle 2-8 mm, slender, pubescent. Flowers unknown. Fruit oblong-ellipsoid, 17-23 × 9-10 mm, on shallow entire perianth cup 6-7 mm across; fruiting pedicel thick, 4-7 mm. Fr. Nov-Dec.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 6.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Distribution

Litsea albescens world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar

Conservation status

Litsea albescens threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:914156-1
WFO ID wfo-0001285950
COL ID 3VMWR
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Synonyms

Litsea oblonga Cylicodaphne oblonga Litsea albescens Litsea oblonga var. albescens Cylicodaphne oblonga var. stocksii