Machilus viridis Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Machilus

Characteristics

Small to large trees, 5-25 m tall; trunk 20 cm d.b.h. or more. Bark blackish gray or blackish gray-brown. Branchlets angular, slightly sericeous, becoming glabrate. Bud scales dirty yellowish sericeous. Petiole slender, 1-1.8 cm, somewhat sericeous; leaf blade glaucous abaxially when old, narrowly lanceolate, 7-17 × 1.8-3.5 cm, thinly leathery, densely golden yellow sericeous on both surfaces when young, becoming puberulent to glabrate, midrib elevated abaxially, slightly concave adaxially, lateral veins 5-10 pairs, veinlets densely foveolate on both surfaces, base cuneate, margin slightly revolute, apex usually long acuminate, occasionally obtuse. Panicles arising from base of young branchlet, 3-5 cm, with 3-6 flowers; peduncle 1.5-2.5(-4.5) cm; bracts and bracteoles sericeous. Pedicel as long as flower. Flowers pale yellow or yellowish green. Perianth lobes oblong, pubescent on both surfaces, outer ones smaller. Stamens subequal, those of 3rd series hairy at base; glands long stipitate. Staminodes villous at base. Ovary ca. 5 mm, glabrous. Fruit globose, 1.3-1.5 cm in diam., black or black-purple when mature; summit of fruiting pedicel ca. 2 mm in diam. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Sep-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 5.0 - 25.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Machilus viridis world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Machilus viridis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466277-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071770
COL ID 3WZ3W
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Synonyms

Machilus viridis Persea viridis