Vasilis Teodoridis:
Hamamelidaceae | Altingia
1. Altingia gracilipes Hemsley; Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 29: t. 2837. 1907.
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Altingia gracilipes var. serrulata Tutcher; A. gracilipes f. uniflora H. T. Chang.
Trees 12–20 m tall; young branches glabrescent; older growth lenticellate; buds ovoid; puberulent. Stipules absent; petiole slender; 1–3 cm; glabrous; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate; 4–7 x 1.5–2.5 cm; leathery; abaxially glabrous; base obtuse or narrowly rounded; margin usually entire; less often serrate; apex caudate-acuminate; lateral veins 5 or 6 on each side; abaxially somewhat prominent and glabrous; adaxially indistinct. Male inflorescences globose; 0.5–0.6 cm in diam.; usually several arranged in a panicle; bracts 4 or 5; ovate-lanceolate; ca. 8 mm; membranous; brown-pubescent. Female inflorescences solitary or arranged in raceme; 5–6-flowered; peduncle 2–3 cm; pubescent. Male flowers: stamens sessile; anthers red; obovoid; ca. 1.5 mm. Female flowers: staminodes scalelike; styles ca. 2.5 mm; apex recurved. Infructescences obconical; 1.5–2 cm wide; base cuneate. Seeds brown; angular. Fl. Apr–Jun; fr. Jul–Sep.
Evergreen forests; 400--1000 m. Fujian; E Guangdong; Hainan; S Zhejiang.
The bark resin is used in medicine and perfumery.