Litsea balansae Lecomte

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen shrubs or small trees, 2-7 m tall, ca. 10 cm d.b.h. Young branchlets yellow-brown pubescent and becoming glabrous. Leaves alternate; petiole 3-6 mm, hairy like young branchlets; leaf blade lanceolate or oblong, 4-11 × 1.5-3.5 cm, yellow-brown pubescent abaxially, more densely so along veins, glabrous adaxially, pinninerved, lateral veins 6 or 7 pairs, transverse veinlets conspicuous, base cuneate, apex acuminate. Umbels solitary or in cluster of 3 or 4, male umbel 3-flowered; peduncle 2-4 mm, pubescent or subglabrous. Male flowers: pedicel 1-2 mm, pilose; perianth segments 6, sometimes 4 or 5, ovate; fertile stamens 9; filaments villous, of 3rd whorls each with 2 subsessile small glands at base. Fruit long ellipsoid, ca. 8 × 3 mm, apiculate at apex; fruiting pedicel ca. 2 mm, thickened at apex. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jun-Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 7.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Litsea balansae world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Litsea balansae threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:465524-1
WFO ID wfo-0001070641
COL ID 3VMXN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Litsea balansae