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

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Deciduous shrubs or small trees, up to 6 m tall. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate; petiole ca. 1 cm, white tomentose when young; leaf blade obovate or obovate-elliptic, 7-11 × 3-5 cm, white tomentose on both surfaces when young, pinninerved, lateral veins 6-8 pairs, base attenuate, apex shortly acuminate or obtuse-rounded. Umbel solitary at apex of branchlet, 10-or 11-flowered, flowering before leaves or with leaves; peduncle 3-4 mm, pubescent. Pedicel 8-12 mm, pubescent. Perianth segments 6, broadly elliptic, 3-nerved and glandular-punctate. Male flowers: fertile stamens 9; filaments short, glabrous, of 3rd whorls each with 2 yellow rounded glands at base; rudimentary pistil lacking. Fruit globose, 5-6 mm in diam., black at maturity; fruiting pedicel 1.5-2 cm, gray-yellow pubescent when young. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Jul-Aug.
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A shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. The small branches are smooth. The leaves are alternate. The leaf stalk is 1 cm long. The leaves are oval and 7-11 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. There is a white covering over both surfaces when young. There are 6-8 pairs of side veins. The flower umbel occurs singly at the tip of the small branches. There are 10-11 flowers per group. The fruit is round and 5-6 mm across. Fruit are black at maturity.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 5.25
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Environment

A temperate plant. It grows in mountain slopes and in thickets between 1000-2400 m altitude in central China.
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Mountain slopes, thickets; at elevations from 1,000--2,400 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The leaves and fruit are used to extract oil used to give a sweet smell to food.
Uses oil
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Litsea tsinlingensis world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Litsea tsinlingensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466082-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071887
COL ID 3VNG8
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Litsea tsinlingensis