Machilus gracillima Chun

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Machilus

Characteristics

Small trees, to 4 m tall; trunk to 10 cm d.b.h., glabrous throughout. Branchlets slender. Petiole 10-12 mm; leaf blade abaxially grayish brown and glaucous, adaxially grayish green, oblong, somewhat rhombic, 10-11 × 2.5-3.5 cm, thinly leathery, midrib slender, abaxially elevated, adaxially concave, lateral veins 10-12 pairs, together with reticulate veinlets slender on both surfaces but distinctly visible by lens, base cuneate, apex caudate-acuminate. Flowers unknown. Infructescences very short, solitary in leaf axil. Fruit subglobose, ca. 1.3 cm in diam. (immature); persistent perianth lobes yellowish, patent, oblanceolate, subequal, ca. 5 × 1.2 mm, papery; fruiting pedicel shorter than petiole, ca. 5 mm, upper parts slightly thickened.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Distribution

Machilus gracillima world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466179-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071802
COL ID 3WYY2
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Synonyms

Machilus gracillima Persea gracillima