Litsea variabilis Hemsl.

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen shrubs or trees, up to 15 m tall. Branchlets puberulent, subglabrous, or appressed pubescent. Leaves opposite or subopposite, rarely alternate on same tree; petiole 8-10 mm, hairy like branchlets; leaf blade usually elliptic, oblong, or obovate, 5-14 × 2-4.5 cm, glabrous or subglabrous on both surfaces or densely gray-yellow pubescent abaxially, lateral veins 5 or 6 pairs, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, often red in a dried state, apex acuminate, obtuse, or slightly rounded. Umbels often in cluster of 3-8, axillary, 3-flowered; peduncle short, pubescent. Male flowers: pedicel very short; perianth segments 6, spatulate; fertile stamens 9; filaments pilose, of 3rd whorls each with 2 yellow subsessile rounded small glands at base. Fruit globose, 7-8 mm in diam., seated on discoid perianth tube, black at maturity; fruiting pedicel extremely stout and short. Fl. May-Nov, fr. Sep-May of next year.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 12.5
Root system -
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Broad-leaved forests, streamsides, dense forests on mountain slopes; at elevaions from 300-1,700 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Litsea variabilis world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Litsea variabilis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466098-1
WFO ID wfo-0000364982
COL ID 3VNGP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Litsea variabilis Litsea iteodaphne f. chinensis Litsea variabilis f. chinensis Litsea variabilis var. variabilis

Lower taxons

Litsea variabilis var. oblonga