Machilus duthei King ex Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Machilus

Characteristics

Trees, usually 3-8 m tall, sometimes up to 30 m; trunk 25-30(-50) cm d.b.h. Branchlets glabrous. Petiole 1-2 cm, glabrous; leaf blade oblong or elliptic-lanceolate to obovate-lanceolate, 6.5-20 × 2.5-5 cm, leathery, abaxially slightly sericeous-puberulent when young, glabrous on both surfaces when old, midrib abaxially elevated, adaxially impressed, lateral veins 12-18 pairs, ± conspicuous on both surfaces, veinlets slightly foveolate on both surfaces, base attenuate, apex acuminate to long acuminate, summit usually falcate. Cymose panicles arising from lower part of current year branchlet, 5-13 cm; peduncle 3-6 cm, sericeous-puberulent. Pedicel 8-12 mm. Flowers yellowish green, 6-7 mm. Perianth lobes oblong, sericeous-puberulent on both surfaces. Filaments of perfect stamens pubescent at base; glands of 3rd series stipitate. Staminodes ca. 2.5 mm, pubescent. Ovary globose, glabrous; style slender, to 3.5 mm. Fruit globose, ca. 7 mm in diam.; fruiting pedicel puberulent. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Aug-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.0 - 10.5
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Machilus duthei world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466165-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071296
COL ID 3WYXF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Persea duthiei Machilus duthei