Litsea dilleniifolia P.Y.Pai & P.H.Huang

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen trees, 20-26 m tall, 28-30 cm d.b.h. Branchlets stout, glabrous, conspicuously angulate with elliptic lenticels; leaf scars rotund, large, 4-5 mm in diam. Leaves alternate; petiole 2.5-5 cm, stout, glabrous; leaf blade oblong or obovate-oblong, 21-60 × 11-14.5 cm, glabrous on both surfaces and glaucous abaxially, pinninerved, lateral veins 15-22 pairs, midrib stout, transverse veinlets conspicuous on both surfaces, base cuneate or oblique, apex shortly acuminate or rotund. Umbels 6-8 in racemes on short branchlets, 5-flowered; short branchlets ca. 4 mm in diam., densely ferruginous pubescent. Male flowers: pedicel 3-4 mm, densely ferruginous pubescent; perianth segments 8, long ovate; fertile stamens 16 or 17; filaments below middle yellow pubescent, of 3rd whorls each with 2 shortly stipitate rounded-cordate glands at base; rudimentary pistil ovoid, glabrous. Fruit compressed globose, ca. 1.5 × 2-2.3 cm, purple-red at maturity, seated on cup-shaped perianth tube; fruiting pedicel ca. 4 mm, stout, pilose. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 20.0 - 26.0
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Distribution

Litsea dilleniifolia world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Litsea dilleniifolia threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:465639-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071892
COL ID 3VN2X
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Synonyms

Litsea dilleniifolia