Litsea pedunculata (Diels) Y.C.Yang & P.H.Huang

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen shrubs or small trees, up to 6 m tall. Young branchlets glabrous or densely pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 5-10 mm, glabrous or densely pubescent; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, 3.5-7 × 1.5-3 cm, glabrous on both surfaces or sparsely pubescent and along veins villous abaxially and along veins gray-yellow pubescent adaxially, abaxially glaucous, lateral veins 8-12 pairs, base cuneate, obtuse, or rounded, apex acute, acuminate, or caudate-acuminate. Umbels axillary, solitary, 3-5-flowered; peduncle 2-7 mm. Male flowers: pedicel short; perianth segments 6, sometimes 3 or 4, broadly ovate or rotund; fertile stamens 9, sometimes 7 or 12; filaments pubescent, of 3rd whorls each with 2 sessile cordate glands at base; rudimentary pistil ovoid, glabrous. Fruit oblong 6-7 × 4-4.5 mm, seated on discoid perianth tube; fruiting pedicel ca. 2 mm, glabrous or densely pubescent. Fl. May, fr. Jul-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 6.0
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Litsea pedunculata world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Litsea pedunculata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:465930-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071896
COL ID 3VNBS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Benzoin pedunculatum Litsea pedunculata Pseudolitsea tsaii Lindera pedunculata Litsea merrilliana Litsea pedunculata var. pedunculata Litsea pedunculata var. obscurovenulosa

Lower taxons

Litsea pedunculata var. pubescens