Litsea chunii Cheng

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Deciduous shrubs, up to 5 m tall. Young branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate; petiole flat, 5-10 cm; leaf blade elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, or elliptic-obovate, 2-9 × 1-4 cm, glabrous or subglabrous, except barbate in vein axils or midrib and vein axils with yellow pubescence, pinninerved, lateral veins 5-8 pairs, fine, base cuneate or rounded, apex acute or obtuse-rounded. Umbels solitary, male umbel 8-12-flowered; peduncle 4-6 mm, glabrous. Male flowers: pedicel 5-10 mm, with yellow pubescence; perianth segments 6, ovate, ovate-oblong, or oblong; fertile stamens 9; filaments glabrous, of 3rd whorls each with 2 yellow sessile small glands at base. Fruit ovoid, 6-8 × 4-6 mm; fruiting pedicel 5-10 mm, thickened at apex, pubescent. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Jul-Aug.
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A shrub that loses its leaves during the year. It grows 5 m tall. The leaves are alternate and oval or sword shaped and 2-9 cm long by 1-4 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows on sunny mountain sides and beside streams between 1,500-3,400 m above sea level in southern China. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Margins of Abies-Picea secondary forests, sunny mountain slopes, streamsides, thickets; at elevations from 1,500-3,400 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses essential oil medicinal
Edible flowers
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Litsea chunii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:465592-1
WFO ID wfo-0001070797
COL ID 3VMZK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Litsea chunii Litsea chunii f. latifolia Litsea chunii var. latifolia Litsea chunii var. chunii Litsea chunii var. longipedicellata

Lower taxons

Litsea chunii var. likiangensis