Machilus pomifera (Kosterm.) S.K.Lee

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Machilus

Characteristics

Trees, to 20 m tall. Branchlets gray-brown, glabrous, lenticellate, young branchlets sericeous. Terminal buds subglobose; bud scales brownish tomentose. Petiole 1-2.5 cm, sericeous to glabrate; leaf blade abaxially glaucous, elliptic, subobovate-elliptic, or oblanceolate, 5-12 × 2-5 cm, glabrous on both surfaces, midrib raised abaxially, slightly concave adaxially, lateral veins ca. 10 pairs, veinlets reticulate, inconspicuous. Panicles subterminal, to 9 cm, sparsely sericeous, with a few flowers. Flowers 3-4 mm. Perianth lobes equal, ca. 2 mm, sparsely sericeous. Stamens hairy; glands of 3rd series large, shortly stipitate. Staminodes sagittate, hairy. Ovary glabrous. Fruit globose, ca. 3 cm in diam.; fruiting pedicel somewhat enlarged, ca. 7 mm; persistent perianth lobes patent or reflexed. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Sep-Feb.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Distribution

Machilus pomifera world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466250-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071843
COL ID 3WZ2N
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Synonyms

Machilus pomifera Persea pomifera