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

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen trees, ca. 13 m tall. Branchlets covered with gray-yellow pubescence. Leaves clustered toward apex of branchlet, subverticillate; petiole ca. 1 cm, gray-yellow pubescent; leaf blade long lanceolate or ovate-long lanceolate, 13-22 × 2.2-3.2 cm, gray pubescent abaxially, glabrous and shiny adaxially, pinninerved, lateral veins 14-19 pairs, transverse veinlets slightly prominent abaxially, base attenuate, apex acuminate or long acuminate and slightly curved. Umbels axillary or lateral, solitary or clustered toward apex of branchlet, male umbel 4-flowered; peduncle lacking. Male flowers: perianth segments 6, long ovate; fertile stamens 9; filaments pubescent at base, of 3rd whorls each with 2 peltate glands at base; rudimentary pistil lacking. Fruit ellipsoid or obovoid-ellipsoid, ca. 13 × 6 mm, seated on discoid perianth tube; fruiting pedicel stout and short, 2-3 mm, pubescent. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Dec.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 13.0
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Litsea machiloides world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:465810-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071912
COL ID 3VN8P
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Synonyms

Litsea machiloides