Litsea wilsonii Gamble

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen trees, up to 10 m tall. Branchlets gray-white tomentose. Leaves alternate; petiole 1-3.5 cm, gray-white tomentose and becoming glabrous; leaf blade obovate, 5.5-18 × 3-9 cm, tomentose on both surfaces when young, tomentose abaxially and glabrous adaxially when old, pinninerved, lateral veins 6-10 pairs, with conspicuous parallel transverse veins abaxially, base cuneate, apex abruptly acute. Umbels solitary or in cluster of 2 or 3 on short branchlets, male umbel 6-flowered; peduncle ca. 1 cm. Male flowers: pedicel ca. 5 mm, tomentose; perianth segments 6; fertile stamens 9; filaments pubescent, of 3rd whorls each with 2 shortly stipitate yellow glands at base. Fruit ellipsoid, ca. 13 × 7-8 mm, seated on cup-shaped perianth tube, red becoming deep purple-black at maturity; fruiting pedicel 6-7 mm. Fl. Aug-Sep, fr. May-Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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AprMayJun
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Litsea wilsonii world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Conservation status

Litsea wilsonii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466123-1
WFO ID wfo-0001070662
COL ID 3VNHC
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Synonyms

Litsea wilsonii