Machilus phoenicis Dunn

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Machilus

Characteristics

Medium-sized trees, ca. 5 m tall, glabrous throughout. Bark brown. Branchlets purple-brown, stout. Bud scales glabrous outside, sericeous inside. Petiole thick, 1.3-3.6 cm; leaf blade elliptic or oblong to narrowly oblong, 9.5-18(-21) × 2.5-5.5 cm, thickly leathery, midrib abaxially strongly conspicuously elevated, adaxially slightly concave, lateral veins 8-12(-15) pairs, veinlets slender, inconspicuous on both surfaces, base obtuse to subrounded, apex acuminate, acumen obtuse. Panicles numerous, arising from apex of branchlet, 5-8 cm, branched at upper part of peduncle; peduncle reddish brown. Perianth lobes subequal, oblong or narrowly oblong, 6-10 × ca. 3 mm, green when alive, glabrous outside, puberulent at apex inside, apex obtuse. Stamens glabrous, those of 3rd series with sessile glands at base. Ovary glabrous. Fruit globose, ca. 9 mm in diam.; persistent perianth lobes thinly leathery; fruiting pedicel enlarged.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Machilus phoenicis world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Machilus phoenicis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466244-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071798
COL ID 3WZ2G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Persea levinei Machilus phoenicis Machilus levinei Persea phoenicis