Neolitsea cambodiana Lecomte

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Neolitsea

Characteristics

Trees, 8-12 m tall, 10-15 cm d.b.h. Young branchlets densely ferruginous tomentose or yellow-brown appressed pubescent. Leaves 3-5-subverticillate; petiole 1-1.5 cm, pubescence similar to that on young branchlets; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, oblong-elliptic, lanceolate, obovate, or elliptic, 10-17 × 3.5-6 cm, densely ferruginous tomentose on both surfaces when young and becoming glabrous, glabrate abaxially, pinninerved or subtriplinerved, lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs, base narrow or cuneate, apex acuminate, subcaudate, or abruptly acute. Umbels 5-7-clustered, sessile or subsessile, 4-or 5-flowered. Male flowers: perianth segments ovate; fertile stamens 6, exserted; filaments villous at base, of 3rd whorls each with 2 small glands at base; rudimentary pistil glabrous. Fruit globose, 8-10 mm in diam., seated on flat discoid perianth tube; fruiting pedicel ca. 7 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 9.0 - 11.0
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Environment

Lowland areas, growing in mixed and sparse forests, along roadsides and in thickets; at elevations up to 1,000 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Neolitsea cambodiana world distribution map, present in China, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Neolitsea cambodiana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:466938-1
WFO ID wfo-0001071581
COL ID 6S7MF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Neolitsea cambodiana Neolitsea ferruginea Neolitsea cambodiana var. cambodiana

Lower taxons

Neolitsea cambodiana var. glabra