Litsea beilschmiediifolia H.W.Li

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen trees, 15-25 m tall, ca. 20 cm d.b.h. Young branchlets yellow-brown sericeous-pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole ca. 2 cm, gray-yellow puberulent when young and becoming glabrous; leaf blade elliptic, 10.5-14 × 3.5-5 cm, glabrous, conspicuously foveolate on both surfaces and glaucous abaxially, pinninerved, lateral veins 6-8 pairs, prominent on both surfaces, base falcate-curved, apex long caudate-acute. Umbels 2-4-clustered on short branch, 5-or 6-flowered; short branch ca. 5 mm; peduncle 6-10 mm, puberulent. Male flowers: perianth segments 6, ovate-rounded; fertile stamens 9; filaments gray-yellow pubescent, of 3rd whorls each with 2 sessile rounded glands at base; rudimentary pistil lacking. Fruit globose, ca. 1.5 cm in diam., black at maturity; fruiting pedicel ca. 1 cm, gray-yellow puberulent when young and becoming glabrous, gradually thickened toward apex. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Sep-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 25.0
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Distribution

Litsea beilschmiediifolia world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Litsea beilschmiediifolia threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:465536-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071891
COL ID 3VMXX
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Synonyms

Litsea beilschmiediifolia