Litsea hunanensis Y.C.Yang & P.H.Huang

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen small trees, ca. 5 m tall. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate; petiole 5-6 mm, glabrous; leaf blade obovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 5-7 × 1-2.5 cm, glabrous on both surfaces and glaucous abaxially, pinninerved, lateral veins 6-9 pairs, conspicuously reticulate-veined on both surfaces, base cuneate or acute, apex abruptly acute or acuminate. Fruiting inflorescences umbellate, axillary at apex of branchlet; peduncle nearly absent; bracts persistent at fruiting. Fruit ellipsoid, ca. 11 × 6-7 mm, seated on discoid perianth tube; fruiting pedicel 1-2 mm, thickened, gray-yellow pubescent. Fr. Apr-May.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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

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 hunanensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:465740-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071899
COL ID 3VN67
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Litsea hunanensis