Vasilis Teodoridis:
Pinaceae | Abies
15. Abies fabri (Masters) Craib; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 11: 278. 1919.
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Keteleeria fabri Masters in F. B. Forbes & Hemsley; J. Linn. Soc.; Bot. 26: 555. 1902; Abies delavayi Franchet var. fabri (Masters) D. R. Hunt.
Trees to 40 m tall; trunk to 1 m d.b.h.; bark gray or dark gray; flaking; branchlets initially light brown or grayish yellow; turning brownish gray in 2nd or 3rd year; puberulent or glabrous; winter buds globose or ovoid; resinous. Leaves ascending on upper side of branchlets; pectinately arranged in 2 lateral sets on lower side; bright green adaxially; linear; 1.5-3 cm x 2-2.5 mm; stomatal lines in 2 white bands abaxially; resin canals 2; marginal; margin revolute; apex emarginate or obtuse. Seed cones shortly stalked; slightly glaucous; ovoid-cylindric or shortly cylindric; 6-11 x 3-4.5 cm. Seed scales at middle of cones flabellate-trapeziform; 1.4-2 x 1.6-2.4 cm; margin auriculate laterally. Bracts cuneate-obovate; apex broadly rounded; shortly cuspidate; cusp slightly exserted; reflexed; acute. Seeds narrowly ellipsoid; 1.3-1.6 cm including black-brown; cuneate wing. Pollination May; seed maturity Oct.
* Mountains; river basins; 1500-4000 m. Sichuan
The timber is used for construction; furniture; and wood pulp. The bark is used for producing resin; and the leaves for dry oil.