Machilus yunnanensis Lecomte

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Machilus

Characteristics

Trees, to 30 m tall; trunk to 80 cm d.b.h. Branchlets greenish when young and brownish when old, cylindric, glabrous. Petiole 1-1.5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade obovate, obovate-elliptic, or oblong to elliptic, 4-15 × 2-5.7 cm, leathery, glabrous on both surfaces, midrib conspicuously elevated abaxially, concave adaxially, lateral veins 7-9 pairs, curved, elevated on both surfaces, base cuneate, margin slightly revolute, apex shortly acuminate, summit obtuse. Panicles at lower part of short branchlet, (2-)3.5-7(-9) cm, glabrous throughout; peduncle (1-)1.5-3.5 cm; bracts 5-8 mm, outer ones smaller, densely ferruginous pubescent outside, subglabrous inside. Pedicel 4-10 mm. Flowers pale green, yellowish green, or yellowish white, 4-5 mm. Perianth lobes oblong, glabrous outside, pubescent inside. Filaments villous at base, those of 3rd series with stipitate glands. Fruit dark blue, glaucescent when mature, ellipsoid or oblong, to 1.8 × 1 cm, glabrous; persistent perianth lobes not thickened, reflexed. Fl. Apr-May, fr. May-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 30.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Images

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Distribution

Machilus yunnanensis world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Conservation status

Machilus yunnanensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466281-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071828
COL ID 3WZ42
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Synonyms

Persea longipedicellata Machilus longipedicellata Machilus yunnanensis Machilus yunnanensis var. yunnanensis Machilus bracteata Machilus yunnanensis var. duclouxii Machilus longipedicellata var. synechothrix Machilus ichangensis var. synechothrix Persea bracteata Persea yunnanensis

Lower taxons

Machilus yunnanensis var. tibetana