Litsea litseifolia (C.K.Allen) Y.C.Yang & P.H.Huang

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen shrubs or small trees, up to 6 m tall, ca. 10 cm d.b.h. Young branchlets tomentose and becoming glabrous. Leaves alternate; petiole 1-1.5 cm, pubescent when young and becoming glabrous; leaf blade elliptic or oblanceolate-elliptic, 13-18 × 5.5-7.5 cm, glaucous and sparsely pubescent abaxially, with pubescence denser along veins, glabrous adaxially, pinninerved, lateral veins 10-12 pairs, arcuate and connected at apex, base and apex acute. Umbels axillary, solitary or in cluster of 2 or 3, male umbel 7-flowered. Male flowers: pedicel short; perianth segments 6, long elliptic, pale green; fertile stamens 9(-13); filaments below middle villous, of 3rd whorls each with 2 shortly stipitate large glands at base; rudimentary pistil bottle-shaped, glabrous. Fruit ellipsoid, seated on cup-shaped perianth tube; fruiting pedicel stout and short. Fl. May-Sep, fr. Oct-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 6.0
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Distribution

Litsea litseifolia world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:465798-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071909
COL ID 6QL2J
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Actinodaphne litseifolia Litsea litseifolia