Machilus ichangensis Rehder & E.H.Wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Machilus

Characteristics

Trees, 7-15 m tall. Branchlets slender, glabrous. Terminal buds subglobose; bud scales suborbicular, grayish white deciduous pubescent outside, margin usually densely ciliate. Petiole slender, 8-20(-25) mm; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate, 10-24 × 2-6 cm, usually ca. 16 × 4 cm, thickly papery, abaxially appressed sericeous or glabrous, adaxially glabrous, midrib abaxially conspicuously elevated, adaxially concave, lateral veins slender, 12-17 pairs, abaxially more conspicuous than adaxially, veinlets slightly conspicuous on both surfaces, sometimes foveolate adaxially, base cuneate, apex shortly acuminate. Panicles arising at base of 1-year-old branchlet, 5-18 cm, grayish yellow appressed sericeous or glabrate; peduncle 2.2-5 cm, branched ca. at middle. Pedicel 5-7(-9) mm, appressed sericeous. Flowers white, 5-6 mm. Perianth lobes appressed sericeous on both surfaces, outer ones more narrow. Stamens shorter than perianth, glabrous; glands of 3rd series stipitate. Ovary glabrous. Fruit subglobose, ca. 1 cm in diam. Fl. Apr, fr. Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 7.0 - 15.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses material medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Machilus ichangensis world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Machilus ichangensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466185-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071832
COL ID 3WYYC
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Synonyms

Persea ichangensis Machilus ichangensis Machilus ichangensis var. ichangensis