Litsea baviensis Lecomte

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen trees, up to 20 m tall, ca. 60 cm d.b.h. Young branchlets covered with pubescence. Leaves alternate; petiole 1-1.6 cm; leaf blade elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 11-24 × 3-7.5 cm, glaucous and puberulent abaxially, glabrous adaxially, pinninerved, lateral veins 7 or 8 pairs, base cuneate, apex shortly acuminate or obtuse. Umbels few in cluster on short branchlets, axillary; short branchlets 2-3 mm, pubescent. Male flowers: pedicel pubescent; perianth segments 6, broadly ovate; fertile stamens 9; filaments sparsely pubescent or subglabrous, of 3rd whorls each with 2 small glands at base. Fruit ellipsoid, 2.5-3 × 1.7-2 cm, shiny and smooth, apex apiculate, purple-black at maturity, seated on thickly woody cupular perianth tube; perianth tube warty outside; fruiting pedicel ca. 3 mm, stout. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Feb-Mar or Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 18.5
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Root diameter (meter) 0.7
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AprMayJun
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Environment

Dense forests, streamsides; at elevations from 400-2,000 metres in southern China.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Litsea baviensis world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Litsea baviensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:465532-1
WFO ID wfo-0001070642
COL ID 3VMXV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Litsea baviensis Litsea maclurei