Litsea martabanica Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen trees, 4-12 m tall. Young branchlets pale yellow pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 1-2 cm, ferruginous tomentose; leaf blade long elliptic, 8-16 × 3.6-6 cm, ferruginous tomentose and becoming subglabrous abaxially, glabrous adaxially, pinninerved, lateral veins 6-8 pairs, reticulate-veined abaxially, base cuneate, apex long acuminate or slightly falcate-acuminate. Umbels 4-8 in racemes on short branchlets, 5-flowered; short branchlets 1.5-4 cm; peduncle 8-10 mm, pubescent. Male flowers: pedicel 6-8 mm; perianth segments 6, yellow, oblong; fertile stamens 9; filaments pubescent, of 3rd whorls each with 2 small stipitate reniform glands at base; rudimentary pistil glabrous. Fruit oblong, 10-15 × 5-6 mm, black at maturity, seated on cup-shaped perianth tube; fruiting pedicel 6-8 mm, slightly thickened at apex. Fl. Oct-Nov, fr. Jun-Jul of next year.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 12.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Litsea martabanica world distribution map, present in China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Litsea martabanica threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:465828-1
WFO ID wfo-0000365819
COL ID 3VN97
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Synonyms

Litsea martabanica Malapoenna martabanica Tetranthera martabanica Tetranthera calophylla Litsea garrettii