Machilus shweliensis W.W.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Machilus

Characteristics

Shrubs to trees, 9-12 m tall. Branchlets blackish, glabrous, longitudinally striate. Petiole 1.5-1.8 cm; leaf blade abaxially glaucous-green, elliptic or elliptic-oblanceolate, usually 11-18 × 2.5-6 cm, leathery, glabrous on both surfaces, midrib conspicuously raised abaxially, concave adaxially, lateral veins 16-20 pairs, conspicuous on both surfaces, veinlets densely reticulate, slightly conspicuous or not, base cuneate, apex shortly acuminate. Inflorescences 6 or 7 in cymose panicles, 7-9 cm, with densely yellowish brown sericeous involucral bracts at base, branched ca. at middle of peduncle, glabrous or glabrate. Pedicel 3-5 mm. Perianth lobes lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 4-6 mm, sericeous on both surfaces. Stamens pubescent; glands of 3rd series long stipitate. Ovary subglobose, ca. 1.5 mm in diam. Fruit globose, ca. 2.5 cm in diam.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 9.0 - 12.0
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Root diameter (meter) 0.7
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Machilus shweliensis world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Conservation status

Machilus shweliensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466265-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071842
COL ID 3WZ39
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Synonyms

Persea shweliensis Machilus shweliensis