Litsea lancifolia Hemsl.

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen shrubs, ca. 3 m tall. Branchlets ferruginous tomentose or gray-yellow appressed pubescent. Leaves opposite or alternate on same tree; petiole 3-10 mm, hairy like branchlets; leaf blade elliptic, oblong, lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, or elliptic-lanceolate, 5-10 × 2.4-4.5 cm, yellow-brown or ferruginous tomentose or gray-yellow appressed pubescent abaxially, lateral veins 5-8 pairs, base cuneate or rotund, apex acute or acuminate. Umbel axillary, solitary or clustered, male umbel 3-flowered; peduncle nearly absent or 5-7 mm. Male flowers: pedicel ca. 1 mm; perianth segments 6, lanceolate or oblong; fertile stamens 9, sometimes 6; filaments pubescent, of 3rd whorls each with 2 sessile small rounded glands at base; rudimentary pistil small. Fruit globose or ellipsoid, seated on shallowly discoid perianth tube; fruiting pedicel ca. 3 mm. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

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Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Wound (unspecified), Sprain (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Litsea lancifolia world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:941236-1
WFO ID wfo-0001243632
COL ID 3VN6S
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Litsea vartakii Malapoenna lancifolia Tetranthera chrysantha Litsea minuta Tetranthera pusilla Litsea lancifolia Litsea josephi Litsea josephii