Machilus salicina Hance

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Machilus

Characteristics

Shrubs, usually 3-5 m tall. Branchlets brownish, glabrous. Petiole 7-15 mm, glabrous; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate, 4-12(-16) × 1-2.5(-3.2) cm, thinly leathery, glabrous on both surfaces or abaxially appressed puberulent when young, midrib raised abaxially, plane adaxially, lateral veins 6-8(-11) pairs, inconspicuous or somewhat conspicuous on both surfaces, veinlets slightly foveolate, base attenuate, apex acuminate. Cymose panicles usually 3 cm, glabrous or sometimes puberulent. Pedicel 2-5 mm. Flowers yellowish. Perianth lobes oblong, sericeous on both surfaces. Stamens hairy at base; glands of 3rd series pubescent. Ovary subglobose. Infructescences 3.5-7.5 cm, sometimes to 14 cm, as long as leaf blade. Fruit globose, 7-10 mm in diam., purple-black when mature; fruiting pedicel reddish when fresh. Fl. Feb-Mar, fr. Apr-Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 5.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Machilus salicina world distribution map, present in China, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Machilus salicina threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466259-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071836
COL ID 3WZ32
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Synonyms

Persea salicina Machilus salicina Machilus salicina var. glabra