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

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen trees, 6-7 m tall. Branchlets conspicuously angulate, glabrous. Leaves alternate; petiole 0.5-3 cm, glabrous; leaf blade lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 5.5-20 × 1.5-5.5 cm, glaucous and glabrous or along veins pilose when young abaxially, glabrous adaxially, lateral veins 9-13 pairs, conspicuously reticulate-veined abaxially, midrib impressed adaxially, base cuneate, apex acuminate, abruptly acute, or slightly falcate-curved. Umbels clustered on short branchlets, male umbel 5-flowered; peduncle ca. 2 mm, pubescent. Male flowers: pedicel pubescent; perianth segments 6, ovate; fertile stamens 9; filaments pubescent at base, of 3rd whorls each with 2 small rounded glands at base; rudimentary pistil lacking. Fruit ellipsoid, ca. 1.5 × 0.8 cm, seated on cup-shaped perianth tube; perianth tube usually irregularly lobed; fruiting pedicel 4-6 mm, pubescent. Fl. Aug-Sep, fr. Jan-Feb.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 7.0
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Litsea subcoriacea world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Litsea subcoriacea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466044-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071901
COL ID 3VNF3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Litsea subcoriacea Litsea subcoriacea var. stenophylla Litsea subcoriacea var. subcoriacea