Machilus foonchewii S.K.Lee

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Machilus

Characteristics

Trees, up to 12 m tall. Bark brownish or brownish red. Branchlets brownish or gray-brown, glabrous. Terminal buds ovoid or globose; bud scales densely puberulent outside, margin ciliate, apex suborbicular. Leaves usually congested at apex of branchlet; petiole slender, 5-10 mm, glabrous; leaf blade abaxially glaucous or gray-blue, obovate-elliptic to oblanceolate, 4-10 × 2-4 cm, leathery, abaxially glabrate, adaxially glabrous, midrib abaxially conspicuously elevated, adaxially concave, lateral veins 8-12 pairs, foveolate on both surfaces, base cuneate, slightly decurrent, apex obtuse or shortly acute-acuminate. Panicles terminal, ca. 1 cm, sometimes almost fasciculate. Pedicel ca. 5 mm, upper half sericeous. Flowers green or greenish yellow, ca. 3 mm. Perianth lobes subequal, puberulent on both surfaces. Stamens 2-3 mm, those of 1st and 2nd series glabrous, those of 3rd series hairy at base, with shortly stipitate glands. Staminodes sagittate. Ovary glabrous; stigma dishlike. Fruit globose, ca. 1 cm in diam.; persistent perianth slightly enlarged; fruiting pedicel reddish when fresh, sparsely sericeous. Fl. Oct, fr. Oct-Dec.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 12.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Machilus foonchewii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466169-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071694
COL ID 3WYXL
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Synonyms

Persea foonchevii Machilus foonchewii